Antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of Withania frutescens

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1447-1450

  El Bouzidi, Laila ^a   Larhsini, Mustapha ^a   Markouk, Mohamed ^a   Abbad, Abdelaziz ^a   Hassani, Lahcen ^a   Bekkouche, Khalid ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Antioxidant activity; DPPH; Reducing power; Withania frutescens; Withanolides

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BUTANOL; DICHLOROMETHANE; GENTAMICIN; GLYCOWITHANOLIDE; HEXANE; METHANOL; PHENOL; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; POLYPHENOL; QUERCETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WITHANIA FRUTESCENS EXTRACT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANGIOSPERM; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOLIN CIOCALTEU METHOD; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; REDUCTION; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOTAL PHENOLIC CONTENT; WITHANIA FRUTESCENS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIA; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; PICRATES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; WITHANIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; WITHANIA FRUTESCENS;

EID: 80655144979     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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