Antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of Bauhinia racemosa L. stem bark

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1015-1024

  Kumar, R S ^a,b   Sivakumar, T ^a   Sunderam, R S ^a   Gupta, M ^b   Mazumdar, U K ^b   Gomathi, P ^b   Rajeshwar, Y ^b   Saravanan, S ^b   Kumar, M S ^b   Murugesh, K ^b   Kumar, K A ^c  

^a JKK Natarajah College of Pharmacy   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Affiliated to The Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Antioxidant activity; Bauhinia racemosa; DPPH assay; Lipid peroxidation; Scavenging superoxide

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BAUHINIA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; CATECHIN; CATECHOL; CURCUMIN; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LINOLEIC ACID; METHANOL; MICONAZOLE NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; OFLOXACIN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; RADICAL; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; BAUHINIA; BAUHINIA RACEMOSA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ISOLATION; EMULSION; FENTON REACTION; FUNGUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IC 50; NONHUMAN; PEROXIDATION; PLANT STEM; SCAVENGING SYSTEM; SPECIES;

BAUHINIA; BAUHINIA RACEMOSA; FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 23144464574     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2005000700004     Document Type: Article

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