Report: Antimicrobial potentials of Mentha longifolia by disc diffusion method

Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 939-945

  Bakht, Jehan ^a   Shaheen, Salma ^a   Shafi, Mohammad ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antifungal; Antimicrobial; Disc diffusion; Mentha longifolia

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BUTANOL; DICHLOROMETHANE; MENTHA LONGIFOLIA EXTRACT; METHANOL; PETROLEUM ETHER; PLANT EXTRACT; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MENTHA LONGIFOLIA; NONHUMAN; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; DIFFUSION; MENTHA; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIFFUSION; MENTHA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 84904354831     PISSN: 1011601X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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