Phytochemical studies and antioxidant activity of two South African medicinal plants traditionally used for the management of opportunistic fungal infections in HIV/AIDS patients

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Otang, Wilfred M ^a   Grierson, Donald S ^a   Ndip, Roland N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; G. bicolor; HIV AIDS; Opportunistic fungi; P. viridiflorum; Phytochemical

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ANTIOXIDANT; FLAVONOID; GASTERIA BICOLOR EXTRACT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PITTOSPORUM VIRIDIFLORUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PROANTHOCYANIDIN DERIVATIVE; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; SCAVENGER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; PROANTHOCYANIDIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; GASTERIA BICOLOR; HUMAN; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC FUNGAL INFECTION; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PITTOSPORUM VIRIDIFLORUM; PLANT LEAF; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LILIACEAE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; ROSALES; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; FLAVONOIDS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LILIACEAE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROANTHOCYANIDINS; ROSALES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84859648363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-43     Document Type: Article

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