Antioxidant and antibacterial activity of crude methanolic extract of Euphorbia prostrata collected from District Bannu (Pakistan)

African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1175-1178

  Ahmad, Mushtaq ^a   Shah, Abdus Saboor ^a   Khan, Rahmat Ali ^a   Khan, Farid Ullaha ^a   Khan, Noor Aslam ^a   Shah, Mir Sadiq ^a   Khan, Muhammad Rashid ^b  

^a University of Science and Technology   (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

1,1 diphenyl 2 picrylhydrazyl (DPPH); Antibacterial; Antioxidant; Ascorbic acid; Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO); Euphorbia prostrata

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ASCORBIC ACID; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; EUPHORBIA PROSTRATA EXTRACT; FREE RADICAL; METHANOL;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH INHIBITION; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PAKISTAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 80052515130     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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