Protective effects of bioactive phytochemicals from Mentha piperita with multiple health potentials

Pharmacognosy Magazine

Volumn 6, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 147-153

  Sharafi, Seyedeh ^a   Rasooli, Iraj ^a   Owlia, Parviz ^a   Taghizadeh, Massoud ^a   Astaneh, Shakiba Darvish ^a  

^a SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

antibacterial; Antioxidant; cancer; cytotoxicity; Mentha piperita

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE; BUTYLCRESOL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PEPPERMINT OIL; URIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; INHIBITION KINETICS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MENTHA PIPERITA; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RAT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TUMOR CELL LINE; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 78049378052     PISSN: 09731296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.66926     Document Type: Article

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