Polyphenols content, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of extracts of some wild plants collected from the south of Tunisia

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 7017-7027

  Bouaziz, Mohamed ^a   Dhouib, Abdelhafidh ^a   Loukil, Slim ^a   Boukhris, Makki ^b   Sayadi, Sami ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b Faculté des Sciences de Sfax   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Antioxidant activity; Phenolic compound; Plant extract

Indexed keywords

ACACIA RADIANA EXTRACT; ANABASIS OROPEDIORUM EXTRACT; ASTRAGALUS ARMATUS EXTRACT; ATRACTYLIS SERRATULOIDES EXTRACT; BASSIA INDICA EXTRACT; BASSIA MURICATA EXTRACT; CLEOME AMBLYOCARPA EXTRACT; DIPLOTAXIS HARRA EXTRACT; ECHIOCHILON FRUTICOSUM EXTRACT; ERODIUM GLAUCOPHYLLUM EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA GUYONIANA EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOL; GYMNOCARPOS DECANDER EXTRACT; HENOPHYTON DESERTI EXTRACT; HYPARRHENIA HIRTA ETXRACT; LIMONIUM PRUINOSUM EXTRACT; LYCIUM SHAWII EXTRACT; MOLTKIOPPSIS CILIATA EXTRACT; NITRARIA RETUSA EXTRACT; PERIPLOCA ANGUSTIFOLIA EXTRACT; PITURANTHOS CHLORANTHUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL; RHANTERIUM SUAVEOLENS EXTRACT; SALSOLA VERMICULATA EXTRACT; TRAGANUM NUDATUM EXTRACT; TRICHOLAENA TENERIFFAE EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZIZIPHUS LOTUS EXTRACT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRY WEIGHT; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; TUNISIA; WILD PLANT;

ACACIA; ERODIUM; PERIPLOCA ANGUSTIFOLIA; RHANTERIUM SUAVEOLENS;

EID: 74549132972     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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