A comparative study of the antibacterial, antifungal and antioxidant activity and total content of phenolic compounds of cell cultures and wild plants of three endemic species of Ephedra

Molecules

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1668-1678

  Parsaeimehr, Ali ^a,b   Sargsyan, Elmira ^a   Javidnia, Katayoun ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Armenia)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antifungal, antioxidant; Callus culture; Ephedra; Phenol content

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPHEDRA; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CELLS, CULTURED; EPHEDRA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77950352952     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules15031668     Document Type: Article

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