Antihelicobacter activity of a flavonoid compound isolated from Desmostachya bipinnata

Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 2270-2277

  Ramadan, Mohammed A ^a   Safwat, N A ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b DESERT RESEARCH CENTER   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Antihelicobacter activity; Egyptian medicinal plants; Extraction; Flavonoids; Fractionation; H. pylori; Microbiological screening; Quercetin

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952280104     PISSN: 19918178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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