Evaluation of antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of vitex agnus castus L

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 19, Issue 12 B, 2010, Pages 3094-3099

  Maltaş, Esra ^a   Uysal, Ahmet ^a   Yildiz, Salih ^a   Durak, Yusuf ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Antioxidant activity; Flavonoid; Phenolics; Vitex agnus castus

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT; BACTERIUM; CHELATING AGENT; DICOTYLEDON; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PHENOL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VITEX AGNUS-CASTUS;

EID: 79952669274     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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