Phytochemical screening and in vitro evaluation of pharmacological activities of Aphanamixis polystachya (Wall) Parker fruit extracts

Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 111-116

  Apu, Apurba Sarker ^a   Chowdhury, Fariha Akhter ^a   Khatun, Farjana ^a   Jamaluddin, A T M ^a   Pathan, Atiqul Haque ^a   Pal, Arindom ^a  

^a EAST WEST UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Antioxidant; Aphanamixis polystachya; Cytotoxic; Phytochemical screening; Thrombolytic

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; APHANAMIXIS POLYSTACHYA EXTRACT; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; FLAVONOID; HEXANE; METHANOL; NITRIC OXIDE; PERMANGANATE POTASSIUM; PHENOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; STEROID; STREPTOKINASE; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APHANAMIXIS POLYSTACHYA; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG SCREENING; IN VITRO STUDY; LC 50; MELIACEAE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84874346619     PISSN: 15965996     EISSN: 15969827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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