Antioxidant and antibacterial activities of polyphenols from ethnomedicinal plants of Burkina Faso

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 823-828

  Karou, Damintoti ^a   Dicko, Mamoudou H ^a,b   Simpore, Jacques ^c   Traore, Alfred S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Laboratoire de Biologie Medicale Saint Camille de Ouagadougou   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Antimicrobials; Antioxidants; Medicinal plants; Polyphenols

Indexed keywords

COMBRETUM MICRANTHUM EXTRACT; KHAYA SENEGALENSIS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; PTEROCARPUS ERINACEUS EXTRACT; SIDA ACUTA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BARK; BURKINA FASO; COMBRETUM; COMBRETUM MICRANTHUM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KHAYA SENEGALENSIS; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA OZENAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PTEROCARPUS; PTEROCARPUS ERINACEUS; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI B; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI C; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SIDA ACUTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COMBRETUM MICRANTHUM; KHAYA SENEGALENSIS; PTEROCARPUS ERINACEUS; SIDA ACUTA;

EID: 23944447639     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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