Antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of Zingiberaceae plants in Taiwan

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-20

  Chen, I Nan ^a   Chang, Chen Chin ^b   Ng, Chang Chai ^a   Wang, Chung Yi ^a   Shyu, Yuan Tay ^a   Chang, Tsu Liang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAINAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Antioxidant; Ginger; Reducing power; Zingiberaceae

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; DIPHENYL P PICRYLHYDRAZYL; DIPHENYL-P-PICRYLHYDRAZYL; HYDRAZINE DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; RHIZOME; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN; ZINGIBERACEAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIA; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HYDRAZINES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RHIZOME; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TAIWAN; ZINGIBERACEAE;

ALPINIA; CURCUMA LONGA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEDYCHIUM; VANOVERBERGHIA; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; ZINGIBER; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 38549130688     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11130-007-0063-7     Document Type: Article

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