Antibacterial, antioxidant and fibroblast growth stimulation activity of crude extracts of Bridelia ferruginea leaf, a wound-healing plant of Nigeria

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 116-119

  Adetutu, Adewale ^a,b   Morgan, Winston A ^a   Corcoran, Olivia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antioxidant; Bridelia ferruginea; Fibroblast; Wounds

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BRIDELIA FERRUGINEA EXTRACT; CATALASE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NIGERIA; PLANT LEAF; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SKIN FIBROBLAST; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; EUPHORBIACEAE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NIGERIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PICRATES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; WOUND HEALING;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRIDELIA FERRUGINEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 78650677375     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.09.011     Document Type: Article

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