Evaluation of antioxidant and antibacterial activities of aqueous, methanolic and alkaloid extracts from Mitragyna speciosa (rubiaceae family) leaves

Molecules

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3964-3974

  Parthasarathy, Suhanya ^a   Azizi, Juzaili Bin ^a   Ramanathan, Surash ^a   Ismail, Sabariah ^a   Sasidharan, Sreenivasan ^b   Mohd Said, Mohd Ikram ^c   Mansor, Sharif Mahsufi ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE INFORMM   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antioxidant; Mitragyna speciosa

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MITRAGYNA; PLANT LEAF;

ALKALOIDS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIA; METHANOL; MITRAGYNA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; WATER;

EID: 70350509279     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules14103964     Document Type: Article

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