Pharmacological properties and protein binding capacity of phenolic extracts of some Venda medicinal plants used against cough and fever

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 185-193

  Mulaudzi, R B ^a   Ndhlala, A R ^a   Kulkarni, M G ^a   Van Staden, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Antimicrobial; Mutagenicity; Phenolic compounds; Protein binding capacity; Venda medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALCOHOL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CLERODENDRUM MYRICOIDES EXTRACT; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DICHLOROMETHANE; FLAVONOID; GYMNOSPORIA SENEGALENSIS EXTRACT; NEOMYCIN; PETROLEUM ETHER; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; RHUS LANCEA EXTRACT; SPIROSTACHYS AFRICANA EXTRACT; SYZYGIUM CORDATUM EXTRACT; TANNIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVARIA CAFFRA EXTRACT; WATER;

AMES TEST; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BARK; BIOASSAY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEST INFECTION; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPISTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEVER; FURUNCULOSIS; GENOTOXICITY; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HEADACHE; IMPOTENCE; INDIGESTION; INFERTILITY; INFLUENZA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUTAGENICITY; NEURALGIA; NONHUMAN; PAPULE; PLANT LEAF; PNEUMONIA; PRECIPITATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PUSTULE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SNAKEBITE; SOUTH AFRICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STOMACH DISEASE; SWELLING;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COUGH; EUGENIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; FEVER; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHENOLS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POLYPHENOLS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEINS; RHUS; SOUTH AFRICA; TANNINS; UVARIA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEARSIA LANCEA; SPIROSTACHYS AFRICANA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYZYGIUM CORDATUM; UVARIA;

EID: 84864671431     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.06.022     Document Type: Article

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