Antimicrobial, antimycobacterial and antibiofilm properties of <it>Couroupita guianensis</it> Aubl. fruit extract

• Main Authors: Al-Dhabi Naif Abdullah (Author), Balachandran Chandrasekar (Author), Raj Michael Karunai (Author), Duraipandiyan Veeramuthu (Author), Muthukumar Chinnasamy (Author), Ignacimuthu Savarimuthu (Author), Khan Inshad Ali (Author), Rajput Vikrant Singh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2012-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p><it>Couroupita guianensis</it> Aubl. (Lecythidaceae) is commonly called Ayahuma and the Cannonball tree. It is distributed in the tropical regions of northern South America and Southern Caribbean. It has several medicinal...