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. 2007 Dec;78(7-8):574-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.fitote.2007.03.021. Epub 2007 May 24.

Antimicrobial activities of Indian Berberis species

Meenakshi Singh  1 , Sharad Srivastava, A K S Rawat
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Antimicrobial activities of Indian Berberis species

Meenakshi Singh et al. Fitoterapia. 2007 Dec.

Abstract

The antimicrobial activity of hydroalcoholic extracts of four Berberis species viz. Berberis aristata, Berberis asiatica, Berberis chitria and Berberis lycium were tested against eleven bacterial and eight fungal strains. B. aristata root extract gave low MICs values against Bacillus cereus, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Aspergillus flavus while stem extract against B. cereus and Streptococcus pneumoniae.

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