In vitro evaluation of antimicrobial activity of crude extracts of Pimenta dioica L. (Merr.)

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 1047, Issue , 2014, Pages 199-206

  Boyd, F A H ^a   Benkeblia, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Crude leaf extract; Inhibition zone; Pimenta dioica; Spice plant

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM; FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM SP.; PIMENTA DIOICA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84908004023     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: 24066168     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2014.1047.24     Document Type: Conference Paper

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