Antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of alcoholic extracts of Rumex dentatus L.

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 17-20

  Humeera, Nisa ^a   Kamili, Azra N ^a   Bandh, Suhaib A ^a   Shajr ul Amin, ^a   Lone, Bashir A ^a   Gousia, Nisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR   (India)

^b District Hospital Sopore   (India)

Author keywords

Alcoholic extracts; Antimicrobial; Antioxidant; Rumex dentatus

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALCOHOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BUTYLCRESOL; DEOXYRIBOSE; ERYTHROMYCIN; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; RIBOFLAVIN; RUMEX DENTATUS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACREMONIUM; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS VERSICOLOR; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BROTH DILUTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL STRAIN; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM DIMORPHOSPORUM; PHOTOOXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RUMEX; RUMEX DENTATUS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIA; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FUNGI; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RUMEX;

EID: 84874702844     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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