Evaluation of antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of Soymida febrifuga leaf extracts

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 943-947

  Reddy, Boreddy Srinivas ^a   Reddy, Boreddy Purushotham ^a   Raghavulu, Sapireddy Veer ^a   Ramakrishna, Sistla ^a   Venkateswarlu, Y ^a   Diwan, Prakash V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Antioxidant; Inhibitory zone diameter; Soymida febrifuga

Indexed keywords

HEXANE; METHANOL; PHENOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SOYMIDA FEBRIFUGA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA TROPICANA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; FUNGAL STRAIN; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; SOYMIDA FEBRIFUGA;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FUNGI; INDIA; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SOLVENTS;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; TROPICANA;

EID: 48749096968     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2433     Document Type: Article

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