Antitumor and antibacterial activity of a crude methanol leaf extract of Vitex negundo L.

Archives of Biological Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 229-238

  Islam, Md Soriful ^a,b   Akhtar, Most Mauluda ^b,c   Parvez, Md Sarwar ^b   Alam, Md Jahangir ^b,d   Alam, M Firoz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Antitumor activity; Methanol leaf extract; Potato disc bioassay; Vitex negundo

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873105631     PISSN: 03544664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/ABS1301229I     Document Type: Article

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