Antioxidant, cytotoxic, and antimicrobial activity of Alnus incana (L.) ssp. incana Moench and A. viridis (Chaix) DC ssp. viridis extracts

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 700-704

  Stević, Tatjana ^a   Šavikin, Katarina ^a   Zdunić, Gordana ^a   Stanojković, Tatjana ^b   Juranić, Zorica ^b   Janković, Teodora ^a   Menković, Nebojša ^a  

^a Institute for Medicinal Plant Research Dr Josif Pan i   (Serbia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ONCOLOGY AND RADIOLOGY OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

1,1 diphenyl 2 picrylhydrazyl; brine shrimps; HeLa cells; lipid peroxidation; minimum inhibitory concentration

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALNUS INCANA EXTRACT; ALNUS VIRIDIS EXTRACT; FREE RADICAL; GALLIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; TANNIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALNUS INCANA; ALNUS VIRIDIS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALNUS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARTEMIA; BACTERIA; CANDIDA; CYTOTOXINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

ALNUS INCANA; ARTEMIA;

EID: 77953750798     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2009.0111     Document Type: Article

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