Antibacterial activity of phenolic compounds from Terminalia arjuna against multidrug resistant E. coli isolated from meat shop

  • Kandasamy Sasikumar School of Biosciences and Technology, VIT University, Vellore 632014, Tamil Nadu, India.
  • M. Pavithra School of Biosciences and Technology, VIT University, Vellore 632014, Tamil Nadu, India.
  • Asit Ranjan Ghosh School of Biosciences and Technology, VIT University, Vellore 632014, Tamil Nadu, India.
Keywords: Antibacterial, E. coli, Meat shop, Multidrug resistant, Phenolic compound, Terminalia arjuna
DOI: 10.3329/bjp.v12i4.33904

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