Antimicrobial, antioxidant, and synergistic properties of two nutraceutical plants: Terminalia catappa L. and Colocasia esculenta L

Turkish Journal of Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 81-91

  Chanda, Sumitra ^a   Rakholiya, Kalpna ^a   Dholakia, Komal ^a   Baravalia, Yogesh ^a  

^a SAURASHTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

ABTS; Antimicrobial activity; Antioxidant activity; Colocasia esculenta; DPPH; Ferric reducing antioxidant power; Superoxide anion radical scavenging assay; Synergism; Terminalia catappa

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; FUNGI; TERMINALIA CATAPPA;

EID: 84872744382     PISSN: 13000152     EISSN: 13036092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/biy-1203-41     Document Type: Article

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