Comparative antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of phenolic compounds extracted from five Hypericum species

Food Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 205-213

  Ali, Mumtaz ^a   Arfan, Mohammad ^b   Ahmad, Habib ^c   Zaman, Khair ^b   Khan, Farhatullah ^d   Amarowicz, Ryszard ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAKAND   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^c HAZARA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^d QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^e INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL REPRODUCTION AND FOOD RESEARCH   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activities; Antioxidant activity; H. choisianum; H. dyeri; H. oblongifolium; H. perforatum; Hypericum monogynum; Phenolic compounds

Indexed keywords

COCHLIOBOLUS HETEROSTROPHUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYPERICUM; HYPERICUM CHOISIANUM; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; HYPHOMYCETES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79959930817     PISSN: 13309862     EISSN: 13342606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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