Antimicrobial, wound healing and antioxidant activities of Anthocephalus cadamba

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 481-487

  Sanjay, Prahalad Umachigi ^a   Kumar, G S ^a   Jayaveera, K N ^c   Kishore Kumar, D V ^a   Ashok Kumar, C K ^b   Dhanapal, R ^a  

^a Rural College of Pharmacy   (India)

^b SLN College of Pharmacy   (India)

^c JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anthocephalus cadamba; Antimicrobial activity; Antioxidant; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTHOCEPHALUS CADAMBA EXTRACT; CATALASE; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; GLUTATHIONE; KETOCONAZOLE; LIPID; MALONALDEHYDE; METRONIDAZOLE; NITROFURAL; PLANT EXTRACT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STREPTOMYCIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TETRACYCLINE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTHOCEPHALUS CADAMBA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHYTE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; INDIA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RAT; RUBIACEAE; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN INJURY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; WOUND CONTRACTION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34748821809     PISSN: 01896016     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajtcam.v4i4.31241     Document Type: Article

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