Antibacterial activity and toxicological evaluation of semi purified hexane extract of urtica dioica leaves

Research Journal of Medicinal Plant

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 123-135

  Singh, R ^a   Dar, S A ^a   Sharma, Poonam ^a  

^a BUNDELKHAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; In vivo toxicity; Lipid profile; Phytochemical analysis; Serum; Utrica dioica

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) MALEATE; BUTYL TETRADECYL ESTER; CHLOROFORM; CHOLESTEROL; GENTAMICIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEXANE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; METHANOL; NEOPHYTADIENE; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URTICA DIOICA EXTRACT; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; WATER;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BASOPHIL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BIOASSAY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG SAFETY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RAT; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SERIAL TUBE DILUTION; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SILICA COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SOXHLET EXTRACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOXICITY TESTING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URTICA DIOICA; WEIGHT CHANGE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; URTICA DIOICA;

EID: 80155139458     PISSN: 18193455     EISSN: 21517924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/rjmp.2012.123.135     Document Type: Article

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