Comparison of the nutritive value, antioxidant and antibacterial activities of sonchus asper and sonchus oleraceus

Records of Natural Products

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-42

  Jimoh, Florence O ^a   Adedapo, Adeolu A ^b   Afolayan, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antibacterial properties; Antioxidant activities; Nutritional value; S. oleraceus; Sonchus asper

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ALKALOID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CARBOHYDRATE; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LIPID; METHANOL; MINERAL; PHENOL; PHYTATE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; SAPONIN; SONCHUS ASPER EXTRACT; SONCHUS OLERACEUS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASH; BACILLUS CEREUS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIBER; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROCOCCUS; MICROCOCCUS KRISTINAE; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA POONI; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SONCHUS; SONCHUS ASPER; SONCHUS OLERACEUS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

SONCHUS ASPER; SONCHUS OLERACEUS;

EID: 79251499753     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13076167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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