Antioxidant, antibacterial activity and brine shrimp toxicity test of some mountainous lichens from Nepal

Biological Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 387-391

  Paudel, Babita ^a   Bhattarai, Hari Datta ^a   Pandey, Durga Prasad ^b   Hur, Jae Seoun ^c   Hong, Soon Gyu ^a   Kim, Il Chan ^a   Yim, Joung Han ^a  

^a Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c Sunchon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antioxidant; Free radicals; Nepal lichens

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT;

ANIMAL; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG EFFECT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LICHEN (ORGANISM); METHODOLOGY; NEPAL; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARTEMIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; LICHENS; NEPAL; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 84875339364     PISSN: 07169760     EISSN: 07176287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-97602012000400010     Document Type: Article

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