Antioxidant, antiacetylcholinesterase and antimicrobial activities of Cymbopogon schoenanthus L. Spreng (lemon grass) from Tunisia

LWT

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 331-336

  Khadri, Ayda ^a,b   Neffati, Mohamed ^b   Smiti, Samira ^a   Falé, Pedro ^c   Lino, A Rosa L ^c   Serralheiro, M Luisa M ^c   Araújo, M Eduarda M ^c  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b Laboratory of Range Ecology   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase inhibition; Antioxidant activity; Cymbopogon schoenanthus; Dental caries; Streptococcus sobrinus

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; CITRUS FRUITS; MICROORGANISMS;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE INHIBITION; ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES; AQUEOUS EXTRACTS; CYMBOPOGA SCHOENANTHUS; CYMBOPOGON; DENTAL CARIES; PROANTHOCYANIDINS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINU; TUNISIA;

FLAVONOIDS;

CYMBOPOGON; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; CYMBOPOGON SCHOENANTHUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS;

EID: 70350574266     PISSN: 00236438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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