Antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of kaff maryam (Anastatica hierochuntica) and doum palm (Hyphaene thebaica)

Grasas y Aceites

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-75

  Mohamed, Amal A ^a   Khalil, Ashraf A ^b   El Beltagi, Hossam E S ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b Universities and Research centers District   (Egypt)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; DPPH assay Lycopene; Phenolic compounds; Radical scavenger activity

Indexed keywords

2 ,2-DIPHENYL-1-PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTI-MICROBIAL PROPERTIES; ANTI-OXIDANT ACTIVITIES; LYCOPENES; PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS; RADICAL SCAVENGERS; SUPEROXIDE ANION RADICALS;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIA; FREE RADICALS; METAL IONS; OXYGEN; PLANT EXTRACTS; SCAVENGING;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

ANASTATICA HIEROCHUNTICA; HYPHAENE THEBAICA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 75449116746     PISSN: 00173495     EISSN: 19884214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/gya.064509     Document Type: Article

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