Antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of Canarium schweinfurthii Engl. Essential oil from Centrafrican Republic

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 2319-2323

  Obame, Louis Clément ^a,c   Koudou, Jean ^b   Kumulungui, Brice S ^c   Bassolé, Ismael H N ^a   Edou, Prosper ^d   Ouattara, Aboubakar S ^a   Traoré, Alfred S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^b Universite de Bangui   (Central African Republic)

^c CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^d Ecole Normale Superieure   (Gabon)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Antioxidant; Burceraceae; Canarium schweinfurthii; Essential oil

Indexed keywords

2,2 DIPHENYLPICRYLHYDRAZYL; BETA CAROTENE; BUTYLCRESOL; CANARIUM SCHWEINFURTHII EXTRACT; ESSENTIAL OIL; PLANT EXTRACT; RADICAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CANARIUM SCHWEINFURTHII; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; TREE;

CANARIUM SCHWEINFURTHII; FUNGI;

EID: 35649023717     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb2007.000-2363     Document Type: Article

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