title: Antibacterial activity of some Peruvian medicinal plants from the Callejon de Huaylas.
abstract: Extracts of eight medicinal plants from the Callejon de Huaylas in Peru were screened for antibacterial activity in eighteen bacterial strains by the agar-diffusion method; six of these were active against a variety of bacteria.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth 02747-2300, USA.
authors.forename: Catherine C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Neto
authors.forename: Charles W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Owens
authors.forename: Richard D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Langfield
authors.forename: Anthony B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Comeau
authors.forename: Julie St
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Onge
authors.forename: Abraham J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Vaisberg
authors.forename: Gerald B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Hammond
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019448:Ethnobotany; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D010568:Peru; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D010936:Plant Extracts