Antioxidant and antifungal activity of some aromatic plant extracts

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1361-1366

  Özcan, Mehmet Musa ^a   AL Juhaimi, Fahad Y ^b  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Antifungal effect; Antioxidant activity; Extracts; Radical scavenging activity

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ECHINOPHORA TENUIFOLIA EXTRACT; LAURUS NOBILIS EXTRACT; OCIMUM BASILICUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; SALVIA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; SATUREJA HORTENSIS EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; ECHINOPHORA TENUIFOLIA; GROWTH INHIBITION; INCUBATION TIME; LAURUS; LAURUS NOBILIS; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; SATUREJA HORTENSIS; SAVORY;

ALTERNARIA; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; FUNGI; OCIMUM; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS; SATUREJA HORTENSIS;

EID: 79957745151     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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