The antimicrobial, antioxidative, anti-inflammatory activity and cytotoxicity of different fractions of four South African Bauhinia species used traditionally to treat diarrhoea

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 826-839

  Ahmed, Aroke S ^a   Elgorashi, Esameldin E ^a   Moodley, Nivan ^b   McGaw, Lyndy J ^a   Naidoo, Vinasan ^a   Eloff, Jacobus N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory; Antimicrobial; Bauhinia; Cytotoxicity; Diarrhoea; Phenolics

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2' AZINOBIS(3 ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE 6 SULFONIC ACID); AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTHOCYANIN; ARACHIDONATE 15 LIPOXYGENASE; ASCORBIC ACID; BAUHINIA BOWKERI EXTRACT; BAUHINIA GALPINII EXTRACT; BAUHINIA PETERSIANA EXTRACT; BAUHINIA VARIEGATA EXTRACT; BUTANOL; CATECHIN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOL; GALLIC ACID; INDOMETACIN; METHANOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; QUERCETIN; RADICAL; SCAVENGER; TANNIN; TROLOX C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BAUHINIA; BAUHINIA BOWKERI; BAUHINIA GALPINII; BAUHINIA PETERSIANA; BAUHINIA VARIEGATA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYTOTOXICITY; DIARRHEA; DILUTION; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SAFETY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERRIC REDUCING ANTIOXIDANT POWER; FRACTIONATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCAVENGING SYSTEM; SOUTH AFRICA; SOYBEAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYMPTOM; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VERO CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIA; BAUHINIA; BENZOTHIAZOLES; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CELL SURVIVAL; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DIARRHEA; FUNGI; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHENOLS; PICRATES; PLANT EXTRACTS; SOUTH AFRICA; SULFONIC ACIDS; TANNINS; VERO CELLS;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BAUHINIA; BAUHINIA GALPINII; BAUHINIA PETERSIANA; BAUHINIA VARIEGATA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; GLYCINE MAX; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84866739581     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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