PHYTOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION AND ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF CLAUSENA ANISATA (WILLD), HOOK.

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 200-209

  Agyepong, Nicholas ^a   Agyare, Christian ^a   Adarkwa Yiadom, Martin ^b   Gbedema, Stephen Yao ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b Ghana Standards Authority   (Ghana)

Author keywords

antibacterial; antifungal; Phytochemical screening; static action

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMISTRY; CLAUSENA; DRUG EFFECTS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PLANT LEAF;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLAUSENA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES;

EID: 84964315070     PISSN: None     EISSN: 25050044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajtcam.v11i3.28     Document Type: Article

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