title: Antibacterial acivity of the essential oil of lippie nodiflora.
abstract: The plant Lippia nodiflora (Family-Verbenaceae) has medicinal properties and particularly used as an antidandruff agent. The essential oil of the plant was tested for its antibacterial activity against both gram positive and Gram negative bacteria. It showed good activity and compared with standard neomycin sulphate. However, it was inactive in the case of shigella flexneri.
authors.affiliation: Captain Srinivasa Murti Drug research institute for Ayurveda, Arumbakkam, Madras - 600 106, Tamil Nadu Medicinal Plant Farms and Herbal Medicine Corporation Ltd., Madras - 600 106.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Balakrishna
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Gopal
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ramkumar
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vasanth
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Narayanappa