Chemical composition and antibacterial activity of opuntia ficus-indica f. inermis (cactus pear) flowers

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 908-914

  Ennouri, Monia ^a,b   Ammar, Imene ^b   Khemakhem, Bassem ^c   Attia, Hamadi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

antibacterial activity; chemical composition; flowering stage; Opuntia inermis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOWER; OPUNTIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOWERS; OPUNTIA; PLANT EXTRACTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84905815857     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: 15577600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2013.0089     Document Type: Article

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