Evaluation of antioxidant properties of medical plants using microbial test systems

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2269-2276

  Smirnova, Galina V ^a   Vysochina, Galina I ^b   Muzyka, Nadezda G ^a   Samoylova, Zoya Y ^a   Kukushkina, Tatyana A ^b   Oktyabrsky, Oleg N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GENETICS OF MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Antioxidant effect; Microbial test systems; Plant extracts

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES; ANTIOXIDANT EFFECT; ANTIOXIDANT ENZYME; ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES; BACTERICIDAL EFFECTS; BACTERIOSTATIC; FERROZINE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGING; GENES ENCODING; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; IN-VIVO EXPERIMENTS; IRON CHELATION; MEDICINAL PLANTS; MICROBIAL TEST SYSTEMS; OXIDATIVE DAMAGE; PLASMID DNA; RADICAL SCAVENGING; SIBERIA; TEST SYSTEMS;

BACTERICIDES; BACTERIOLOGY; CHELATION; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FREE RADICALS; GENE ENCODING; GENE EXPRESSION; TEST FACILITIES;

PLANT EXTRACTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79955521137     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-010-0417-4     Document Type: Article

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