Evaluation of antibacterial activity of crude protein extracts from seeds of six different medical plants against standard bacterial strains

Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 147-151

  Al Akeel, Raid ^a   Al Sheikh, Yazeed ^a   Mateen, Ayesha ^b   Syed, Rabbani ^a   Janardhan, K ^c   Gupta, V C ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Central Research Institute for Unani Medicine   (India)

^c AV College   (India)

Author keywords

Agar well assay; Antibacterial activity; Bacterial strains; Crude protein extracts

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM; AMMI; AMMI MAJUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CICHORIUM INTYBUS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOENICULUM VULGARE; PROTEUS VULGARIS; RUMEX; RUMEX VESICARIUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84896709158     PISSN: 1319562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2013.09.003     Document Type: Article

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