Ethnobotanical and antimicrobial study of some selected medicinal plants used in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) as a potential source to cure infectious diseases

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Khan, Nadeem ^a   Abbasi, Arshad M ^a   Dastagir, Ghulam ^b   Nazir, Abdul ^a   Shah, Ghulam M ^c   Shah, Mohammad M ^a   Shah, Munir H ^d  

^a Tobe Camp University Road Abbottabad   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^c HAZARA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^d QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Ethnobotanical; Infectious diseases; Medicinal plants; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ARTEMISIA MARITIMA EXTRACT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; BERGENIA CILIATA EXTRACT; CALOTROPIS PROCERA EXTRACT; CEDRELA TOONA EXTRACT; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS EXTRACT; HEXANE; MELIA AZEDARACH EXTRACT; NEOLITSEA CHINENSIS EXTRACT; NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POMEGRANATE EXTRACT; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR DIFFUSION; AGAR WELL DIFFUSION; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA MARITIMA; ARTICLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BARK; BLACK CUMIN; BROTH DILUTION; CALOTROPIS PROCERA; CEDRELA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHNOBOTANY; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; FRUIT; INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELIA AZEDARACH; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEOLITSEA CHINENSIS; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; POMEGRANATE; RHIZOME; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; BACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; YEAST;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMANS; INFECTION; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PAKISTAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; YEASTS;

EID: 84897964623     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-122     Document Type: Article

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