Antioxidant and antibacterial activity of different parts of Leucas aspera

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 176-180

  Chew, Ai Lan ^a   Jessica, Jeyanthi James Antony ^b   Sasidharan, Sreenivasan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE INFORMM   (Malaysia)

^b AIMST UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Antioxidant activity; Cytotoxic activity; Inhibition of zone; Labiatae; Leucas aspera; Natural antioxidant

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BUTYLCRESOL; CHLORAMPHENICOL; LEUCAS ASPERA EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; 2,2-DIPHENYL-1-PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; METHANOL; PICRIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SCREENING; FLOWER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IC 50; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BACTERIA; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; LAMIACEAE; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PLANT; TOXICITY;

ARTEMIA; LAMIACEAE; LEUCAS ASPERA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARTEMIA; BACTERIA; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; LAMIACEAE; METHANOL; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PICRATES; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS;

EID: 84858140442     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(12)60037-9     Document Type: Article

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