Assessment of In vitro antioxidant, antibacterial and immune activation potentials of aqueous and ethanol extracts of Phyllanthus niruri

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1874-1877

  Amin, Zahra A ^a   Abdulla, Mahmood A ^a   Ali, Hapipah M ^a   Alshawsh, Mohammed A ^a   Qadir, Suhailah W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antioxidant; PBMC; Phyllanthus niruri

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2' AZINOBIS(3 ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE 6 SULFONIC ACID); 2,2'-AZINOBIS(3-ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE-6-SULFONIC ACID); 2,2-DIPHENYL-1-PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; PICRIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHYLLANTHUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIA; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; PHYLLANTHUS; PICRATES; PLANT EXTRACTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; SULFONIC ACIDS; THIAZOLES;

PHYLLANTHUS NIRURI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 84861994353     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.5554     Document Type: Article

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