Antioxidant, antibacterial and cytotoxic activities of essential oils and ethanol extracts of selected South East Asian herbs

Journal of Medicinal Plant Research

Volumn 5, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 5284-5290

  Lee, Tan K ^a   Vairappan, Charles S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Antioxidant; Cytotoxicity; Essential oils; Ethanol extracts; Total phenolic content

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA CADINENE; ARTEMISIA ARGYI EXTRACT; CENTELLA ASIATICA EXTRACT; COSMOS CAUDATUS EXTRACT; ESSENTIAL OIL; HYDROCARBON; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYGONUM HYDROPIPER EXTRACT; TERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA ARGYI; ARTICLE; CENTELLA ASIATICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMOS (GENUS); COSMOS CAUDATUS; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG INHIBITION; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYGONUM; POLYGONUM EXTRACT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ARTEMISIA ARGYI; CENTELLA ASIATICA; COSMOS CAUDATUS; MURINAE; PERSICARIA HYDROPIPER;

EID: 80054821547     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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