Antibacterial and radical scavenging activity of fatty acids from paullinia pinnata L.

Pharmacognosy Magazine

Volumn 5, Issue 19 SUPPL., 2009, Pages 119-123

  Kofi, Annan ^a   Stephen, Gbedema ^a   Francis, Adu ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; DPPH; Fatty acids; Free radical; Paullinia pinnata

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ARACHIDIC ACID; AZELAIC ACID; BEHENIC ACID; ERYTHROMYCIN; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; HEPTADECANOIC ACID; LIGNOCERIC ACID; NONADECANOIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PAULLINIA PINNATA EXTRACT; PAULLINIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; STEARIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE; TRICOSANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SCREENING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IC 50; LIPID COMPOSITION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETER; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PAULLINIA PINNATA; PLANT ROOT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 74249105693     PISSN: 09731296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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