Antimicrobial, antioxidant and cytotoxic activities and phytochemical screening of some yemeni medicinal plants

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 323-330

  Mothana, Ramzi A A ^a   Abdo, Salah A A ^b   Hasson, Sidgi ^b   Althawab, Faisal M N ^b   Alaghbari, Sama A Z ^b   Lindequist, Ulrike ^c  

^a SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Yemen)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

antibacterial; cytotoxicity; medicinal plants; radical scavenging; Yemen

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACALYPHA FRUTICOSA EXTRACT; ACTINIOPTERIS SEMIFLABELLATA EXTRACT; ALKANNA ORIENTALIS EXTRACT; CENTAUREA PSEUDOSINAICA EXTRACT; CLEOME SCHWEINFURTHII EXTRACT; DODONAEA VISCOSA EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; FORSSKALEA TINACISSIMA EXTRACT; IRIS ALBICAN EXTRACT; JATROPHA VARIEGATA EXTRACT; LAVANDULA PUBESCENS EXTRACT; LIPPIA CITRIODORA EXTRACT; MENTHA LONGIFOLIA EXTRACT; METHANOL; NEUTRAL RED; PLANT EXTRACT; PLECTRANTHUS HADIENSIS EXTRACT; SAFFLOWER EXTRACT; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; TRAGIA PUNGENS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERBASCUM BOTTAE EXTRACT; WATER;

ACALYPHA FRUTICOSA; ACTINIOPTERIS SEMIFLABELLATA; AGAR DIFFUSION; ALKANNA ORIENTALIS; ALLERGY; ANGIOSPERM; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BORAGINACEAE; BURN; CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA PSEUDOSINAICA; CLEOME; CLEOME SCHWEINFURTHII; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CYTOTOXICITY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DODONAEA VISCOSA; DRUG SCREENING; EUPHORBIA; EXTRACTION; FORSSKALEA TINACISSIMA; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GOUT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IRIDACEAE; IRIS ALBICAN; IRIS ALBICANS; JATROPHA; JATROPHA VARIEGATA; KIDNEY DISEASE; LAVANDULA PUBESCENS; LENTIGO; LIPPIA; LIPPIA CITRIODORA; MALARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENTHA; MENTHA LONGIFOLIA; NONHUMAN; OTITIS; PHARYNGITIS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLECTRANTHUS; PLECTRANTHUS HADIENSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERIDACEAE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SAFFLOWER; SAPINDACEAE; SKIN DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TOOTH PAIN; TRAGIA PUNGENS; URTICACEAE; VERBASCUM; VERBASCUM BOTTAE; WOUND; YEAST; YEMEN;

EID: 77953839311     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nen004     Document Type: Article

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