Wound healing, anti-microbial and antioxidant potential of Dendrophthoe falcata (L.f) Ettingsh

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 241-247

  Pattanayak, S P ^a   Sunita, P ^a  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Antioxidant; Dendrophthoe falcata; Ethanolic extract; Phytochemical constituents; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CATALASE; CHLOROFORM; DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA EXTRACT; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; GLUTATHIONE; HEXOSAMINE; HYDROXYPROLINE; KETOCONAZOLE; NITROFURAL; PETROLEUM ETHER; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BACILLUS; CANDIDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA; DRUG POTENCY; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LORANTHACEAE; MALE; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RAT; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND CONTRACTION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FUNGI; LORANTHACEAE; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND HEALING;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; DENDROPHTHOE; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LORANTHACEAE; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS; RATTUS; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SANTALALES; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 55149091107     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.08.019     Document Type: Article

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