The antimicrobial efficacy of elaeis guineensis: characterization, in vitro and in vivo studies

• Main Authors: Vijayarathna, S., Zakaria, Z., Chen, Y., Latha, L.Y., Kanwar, J.R., Sasidharan, S.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: RK Dentistry
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/6066/1/molecules-17-04860-v2.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/6066/

The urgent need to treat multi-drug resistant pathogenic microorganisms in chronically infected patients has given rise to the development of new antimicrobials from natural resources. We have tested Elaeis guineensis Jacq (Arecaceae) methanol extract against a variety of bacterial, fungal and yeast...