Antibacterial and antioxidant activities of Typhonium flagelliforme (Lodd.) Blume tuber

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 402-407

  Mohan, Syam ^a   Abdul, Ahmad Bustamam ^a   Wahab, Siddig Ibrahim Abdel ^a   Al Zubairi, Adel Sharaf ^a,b   Elhassan, Manal Mohamed ^a   Yousif, Mohammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Antioxidant activity; Fatty acids; Rodent tuber; Typhonium flagelliforme

Indexed keywords

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL SCREENING; ANTIMICROBIAL DRUG; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ANALYSIS; ARACEAE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DIFFUSION METHOD; DPPH ASSAY; ETHYL ACETATES; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGING; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INHIBITORY ACTIVITY; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIPLE DRUG RESISTANCE; NATURAL SOURCES; PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS; PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS; PROBLEM STATEMENT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RODENT TUBER; SELECTED STRAINS; TEST SYSTEMS; TOTAL PHENOLIC CONTENT; TYPHONIUM FLAGELLIFORME; ZONE OF INHIBITIONS;

ACIDS; DICHLOROMETHANE; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FREE RADICALS; HEXANE; PHENOLS;

BACTERIOLOGY;

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BUTYLCRESOL; DICHLOROMETHANE; FREE RADICAL; HEXANE; METHANOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; STREPTOMYCIN; TYPHONIUM FLAGELLIFORME EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARACEAE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG SCREENING; IN VITRO SELECTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PLANT TUBER; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA CHOLERAESUIS; TYPHONIUM FLAGELLIFORME;

ARACEAE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RODENTIA; SALMONELLA CHOLERAESUIS; TYPHONIUM FLAGELLIFORME;

EID: 68249113758     PISSN: 15533468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajbbsp.2008.402.407     Document Type: Article

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