Screening of Spanish medicinal plants for antioxidant and antifungal activities

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 602-609

  López, Victor ^a   Akerreta, Silvia ^a   Casanova, Esther ^b   Garcia Mina, Jose Maria ^b   Cavero, Rita Yolanda ^a   Calvo, Maria Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b Inabonos Roullier Group   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antifungal; Antioxidant; DPPH; Medicinal plants; Rhizopus stolonifer

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ANAGALLIS ARVENSIS EXTRACT; ANAGALLIS FOEMINA EXTRACT; ANTHEMIS ARVENSIS EXTRACT; ASCORBIC ACID; DICHLOROMETHANE; JASONIA GLUTINOSA EXTRACT; LYTHRUM SALICARIA EXTRACT; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SANTOLINA CHAMAECYPARISSUS EXTRACT; TANACETUM PARTHENIUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERBENA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT;

ANAGALLIS; ANGIOSPERM; ANTHEMIS; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG SCREENING; IC 50; JASONIA GLUTINOSA; LYTHRACEAE; LYTHRUM SALICARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; TANACETUM PARTHENIUM; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; VERBENACEAE;

ANAGALLIS ARVENSIS; ANAGALLIS ARVENSIS FOEMINA; ANTHEMIS ARVENSIS; ASTERACEAE; EQUISETACEAE; EQUISETUM TELMATEIA; FUNGI; JASONIA GLUTINOSA; LAMIACEAE; LYTHRACEAE; LYTHRUM SALICARIA; PRIMULACEAE; RHIZOPUS STOLONIFER; SANTOLINA CHAMAECYPARISSUS; SQUARROSA; TANACETUM PARTHENIUM; VERBENA OFFICINALIS; VERBENACEAE;

EID: 51649131019     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200802179634     Document Type: Article

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