Improved mass screening of medicinal plants for antibacterial activity by leaf disc antibacterial assay

  • Kishor Kumar Keekan Department of Microbiology, Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), University Road, Deralakatte, Mangalore 575 018, Karnataka, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0030-6563
  • Sunil Rao Padmaraj Department of Microbiology, Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), University Road, Deralakatte, Mangalore 575 018, Karnataka, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6974-0467
Keywords: Antibacterial, Mass screening, Medicinal plant
DOI: 10.3329/bjp.v14i4.42657

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Published
2019-12-16

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Yenepoya (Deemed-to-be University), Deralakatte, Mangalore 575 018, Karnataka, India
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