A promising peptide antibiotic from Terfezia claveryi aqueous extract against Staphylococcus aureus in vitro

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 810-813

  Janakat, S ^a   Al Fakhiri, S ^a   Sallal, A K ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Brown truffles; Staphylococcus aureus; Terfezia claveryi

Indexed keywords

2 DIETHYLAMINOETHANOL; AMMONIUM SULFATE; AMOXICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPRODAR; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METHANOL; NALIDIXIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SEPHADEX; TERFEZIA CLAVERYI EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL FILTRATION; IN VITRO STUDY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TERFEZIA CLAVERYI; TUBER (GENUS);

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PEPTIDES; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TERFEZIA; TERFEZIA CLAVERYI; TUBER (TRUFFLE);

EID: 9644291461     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1563     Document Type: Article

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