Antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of crude extracts of two Nigerian chewing sticks

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 320-327

  Adebiyi, A O ^a   Koekemoer, T ^a   Adebiyi, A P ^a   Smith, N ^a   Baxter, E ^a   Naude, R J ^a   Van De Venter, M ^a  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Antioxidant; Aqueous extracts; Chewing sticks; Ethanol extracts; Screening

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALCOHOL; ASCORBIC ACID; DISTHEMONANTHUS BENTHAMIANUS EXTRACT; FERROUS ION; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZANTHOXYLUM ZANTHOXYLOIDES EXTRACT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CAESALPINIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTHEMONANTHUS BENTHAMIANUS; DRUG SCREENING; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; FUNGAL STRAIN; IC 50; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RUTACEAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; ZANTHOXYLUM ZANTHOXYLOIDES;

BACILLUS CEREUS; CAESALPINIOIDEAE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RUTACEAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; ZANTHOXYLUM ZANTHOXYLOIDES;

EID: 77149170410     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200902748460     Document Type: Article

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