ANTIMICROBIAL STUDIES ON METHANOL EXTRACT OF BENINCASA HISPIDA COGN., FRUIT

The methanol extract of wax gourd, the fruits of Benincasa hispida cogn.(Cucurbitaceae) was found to show no inhibition against three gram positive bacteria Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, and Bacillus subtilis and three gram negative bacteria Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aerugin...

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Autores principales: Natarajan, D., Lavarasan, R.J., babu, S. Chandra, Refai, M.A.C. Sahib Thambi, Ansari, L.H.Thameemul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3331005/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22557093
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author Natarajan, D.
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Ansari, L.H.Thameemul
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description The methanol extract of wax gourd, the fruits of Benincasa hispida cogn.(Cucurbitaceae) was found to show no inhibition against three gram positive bacteria Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, and Bacillus subtilis and three gram negative bacteria Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumonia by cup-plate method whereas antifungal studies showed significant inhibition against Candida albicans in the concentration of 30 mg/ml and there was no inhibition against Aspergillus niger.
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spelling pubmed-33310052012-04-27 ANTIMICROBIAL STUDIES ON METHANOL EXTRACT OF BENINCASA HISPIDA COGN., FRUIT Natarajan, D. Lavarasan, R.J. babu, S. Chandra Refai, M.A.C. Sahib Thambi Ansari, L.H.Thameemul Anc Sci Life Original Article The methanol extract of wax gourd, the fruits of Benincasa hispida cogn.(Cucurbitaceae) was found to show no inhibition against three gram positive bacteria Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, and Bacillus subtilis and three gram negative bacteria Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumonia by cup-plate method whereas antifungal studies showed significant inhibition against Candida albicans in the concentration of 30 mg/ml and there was no inhibition against Aspergillus niger. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2003 /pmc/articles/PMC3331005/ /pubmed/22557093 Text en Copyright: © Ancient Science of Life http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Natarajan, D.
Lavarasan, R.J.
babu, S. Chandra
Refai, M.A.C. Sahib Thambi
Ansari, L.H.Thameemul
ANTIMICROBIAL STUDIES ON METHANOL EXTRACT OF BENINCASA HISPIDA COGN., FRUIT
title ANTIMICROBIAL STUDIES ON METHANOL EXTRACT OF BENINCASA HISPIDA COGN., FRUIT
title_full ANTIMICROBIAL STUDIES ON METHANOL EXTRACT OF BENINCASA HISPIDA COGN., FRUIT
title_fullStr ANTIMICROBIAL STUDIES ON METHANOL EXTRACT OF BENINCASA HISPIDA COGN., FRUIT
title_full_unstemmed ANTIMICROBIAL STUDIES ON METHANOL EXTRACT OF BENINCASA HISPIDA COGN., FRUIT
title_short ANTIMICROBIAL STUDIES ON METHANOL EXTRACT OF BENINCASA HISPIDA COGN., FRUIT
title_sort antimicrobial studies on methanol extract of benincasa hispida cogn., fruit
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3331005/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22557093
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