Evaluation of the medicinal potentials of the methanol extracts of the leaves and stems of Halleria lucida

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 4158-4163

  Adedapo, A A ^a   Jimoh, F O ^a   Koduru, S ^a   Masika, P J ^a   Afolayan, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antibacterial properties; Antioxidant activities; Halleria lucida; Medicinal evaluation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES; HALLERIA LUCIDA; MEDICINAL EVALUATION;

BACTERIA; MEDICINE; METHANOL; PHENOLS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2' AZINOBIS 3 ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE 6 SULFONIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID; BENZOTHIAZOLINE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; HALLERIA LUCIDA EXTRACT; METHANOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL; PROANTHOCYANIDIN DERIVATIVE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIA; MEDICINE; METHANOL; PHENOLS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT; BACTERIUM; DICOTYLEDON; MEDICINE; METHANOL; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOL; PIGMENT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HALLERIA LUCIDA; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HYDRAZINES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHENOL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TREES;

BACILLUS CEREUS; HALLERIA LUCIDA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; SCROPHULARIACEAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 40849106337     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2007.08.066     Document Type: Article

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