Antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of extract and essential oil of korarima (Aframomum corrorima (Braun) P.C.M. Jansen)

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 2585-2592

  Eyob, S ^a   Martinsen, B K ^b   Tsegaye, A ^c   Appelgren, M ^a   Skrede, G ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Aframomum corrorima; Antioxidant; Antiradical and antifungal; Essential oil; Extract; Korarima; Zingiberaceae

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; FERRIC ION; KORARIMA OIL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; TANNIN;

AFRAMOMUM CORRORIMA; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DRUG ISOLATION; ETHIOPIA; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM; PLANT SEED; POD; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPICE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; ZINGIBERACEAE;

AFRAMOMUM; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 49649125324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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