Antibacterial and antioxidant properties of the methanol extracts of the leaves and stems of Calpurnia aurea

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Adedapo, Adeolo A ^a   Jimoh, Florence O ^b   Koduru, Srinivas ^b   Afolayan, Anthony J ^b   Masika, Patrick J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; CALPURNIA AUREA EXTRACT; CATECHIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOL; METHANOL; PHENOL; PLANT EXTRACT; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; QUERCETIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2,2' AZINO DI (3 ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE) 6 SULFONIC ACID; 2,2'-AZINO-DI-(3-ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE)-6-SULFONIC ACID; 2,2-DIPHENYL-1-PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BENZOTHIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PICRIC ACID; SCAVENGER; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CALPURNIA AUREA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; CHEMISTRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABURNUM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BENZOTHIAZOLES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; LABURNUM; PHENOL; PICRATES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; SULFONIC ACIDS;

EID: 53249125530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-8-53     Document Type: Article

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