Chemical, antioxidant and antimicrobial investigations of pinus cembra L. bark and needles

Molecules

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 7773-7788

  Apetrei, Cristina Lungu ^a   Tuchilus, Cristina ^a   Aprotosoaie, Ana Clara ^a   Oprea, Adrian ^b   Malterud, Karl Egil ^c   Miron, Anca ^a  

^a GRIGORE T POPA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Antioxidant activity; Pinus cembra L.; Polyphenols

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; SCAVENGER;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BARK; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PINE; PLANT LEAF; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SARCINA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BACILLUS CEREUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENOLS; PINUS; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SARCINA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 80053275287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules16097773     Document Type: Article

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