Antimicrobial activity of traditional medicinal plants from Ankober District, North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 614-620

  Lulekal, E ^a,b   Rondevaldova, J ^c   Bernaskova, E ^c   Cepkova, J ^c   Asfaw, Z ^b   Kelbessa, E ^b   Kokoska, L ^c   Van Damme, P ^a,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Activity testing; Ethnomedicine; Plant extracts

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BERSAMA ABYSSINICA EXTRACT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLUTIA ABYSSINICA EXTRACT; CROTON MACROSTACHYUS EXTRACT; DODONAEA AUGUSTIFOLIA EXTRACT; EMBELIA SCHIMPERI EXTRACT; JASMINUM ABYSSINICUM EXTRACT; MAESA LANCEOLATA EXTRACT; OCIMUM LAMIIFOLIUM EXTRACT; OLINIA ROCHETIANA EXTRACT; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; RUBUS STEUDNERI EXTRACT; RUMEX NEPALENSIS EXTRACT; TIOCONAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA EXTRACT; ZEHNERIA SCABRA EXTRACT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BERSAMA ABYSSINICA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLUTIA ABYSSINICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROTON MACROSTACHYUS; DODONAEA AUGUSTIFOLIA; EMBELIA SCHIMPERI; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHIOPIA; FRUIT; JASMINUM ABYSSINICUM; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MAESA LANCEOLATA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OCIMUM LAMIIFOLIUM; OLINIA ROCHETIANA; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RUMEX NEPALENSIS; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; ZEHNERIA SCABRA; CHEMISTRY; EMBELIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; SEASON;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; EMBELIA; ETHIOPIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SEASONS;

EID: 84898474286     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2013.858362     Document Type: Article

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