Phenolic contents, antioxidant and antibacterial activities of Hymenocardia acida

Natural Product Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 168-177

  Sofidiya, Margaret O ^a   Odukoya, Olukemi A ^a   Afolayan, Anthony J ^b   Familoni, Oluwole B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Antioxidant activity; Hymenocardia acida; Polyphenols

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ASCORBIC ACID; CHLORAMPHENICOL; FLAVONOID; HYMENOCARDIA ACIDA EXTRACT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHYTOSTEROL; PLANT EXTRACT; PROANTHOCYANIDIN DERIVATIVE; QUERCETIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH INHIBITION; HYMENOCARDIA ACIDA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROCOCCUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BENZOTHIAZOLES; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; EUPHORBIACEAE; FLAVONOIDS; HYDRAZINES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PROANTHOCYANIDINS; SULFONIC ACIDS;

HYMENOCARDIA ACIDA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 59649129588     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786410801915838     Document Type: Article

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