Studies of the in vitro anticancer, antimicrobial and antioxidant potentials of selected Yemeni medicinal plants from the island Soqotra

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Mothana, Ramzi A ^a   Lindequist, Ulrike ^b   Gruenert, Renate ^b   Bednarski, Patrick J ^b  

^a SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACACIA PENNIVENIA EXTRACT; ACANTHOSPERMUM HISPIDUM EXTRACT; ACRIDOCARPUS SOCOTRANUS EXTRACT; ALOE PERRYI EXTRACT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BALLOCHIA ATRO VIRGATA EXTRACT; BOSWELLIA DIOSCORIDES EXTRACT; BOSWELLIA SOCOTRANA EXTRACT; CAPPARIS CARTILAGINEA EXTRACT; COMMIPHORA ORNIFOLIA EXTRACT; CORCHORUS ERODIOIDES EXTRACT; CROTON SOCOTRANUS EXTRACT; EUCLEA DIVINORUM EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA SOCOTRANA EXTRACT; EUREIANDRA BALFOURII EXTRACT; FICUS CORDATA EXTRACT; GLOSSONEMA REVOILI EXTRACT; HIBISCUS NOLI TANGERE EXTRACT; HYPOESTES PUBESCENS EXTRACT; LANNEA TRANSULTA EXTRACT; LEUCAS SAMHAENSIS EXTRACT; LEUCAS VIRGATA EXTRACT; LYCIUM SOKOTRANUM EXTRACT; MAERUA ANGOLENSIS EXTRACT; RHUS THYRSIFLORA EXTRACT; TEUCRIUM SOKOTRANUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ACACIA PENNIVENIA; ACANTHOSPERMUM HISPIDUM; ACRIDOCARPUS SOCOTRANUS; ALOE PERRYI; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BALLOCHIA ATRO VIRGATA; BLEPHARIS SPICULIFOLIA; BOSWELLIA DIOSCORIDES; BOSWELLIA SOCOTRANA; BROTH DILUTION; CANCER INHIBITION; CAPPARIS CARTILAGINEA; COMMIPHORA ORNIFOLIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORCHORUS ERODIOIDES; CROTON SOCOTRANUS; DRUG SCREENING; EUCLEA DIVINORUM; EUPHORBIA SOCOTRANA; EUREIANDRA BALFOURII; FICUS CORDATA; GLOSSONEMA REVOILI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HIBISCUS NOLI TANGERE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOESTES PUBESCENS; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; LANNEA TRANSULTA; LEUCAS SAMHAENSIS; LEUCAS VIRGATA; LYCIUM SOKOTRANUM; MAERUA ANGOLENSIS; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TEUCRIUM SOKOTRANUM; YEAST; YEMEN; BACTERIUM; CANDIDA; DRUG EFFECT; NEOPLASM; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIA; CANDIDA; CELL LINE, TUMOR; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; YEMEN;

EID: 65249131153     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-9-7     Document Type: Article

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