Antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of green and ripe fruits of Averrhoa carambola Linn. and Zizyphus mauritiana Lam

Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 102-105

  Das, Suman ^a  

^a Charuchandra College   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Antioxidant; Averrhoa carambola; Free radical; Phenolics; Zizyphus mauritiana

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ANTHRAQUINONE; ASCORBIC ACID; AVERRHOA CARAMBOLA EXTRACT; COUMARIN; FLAVONOID; GLYCOSIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPONIN; STEROID; TANNIN; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZIZYPHUS MAURITIANA EXTRACT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; AVERRHOA CARAMBOLA; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRUIT; JUJUBE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LACTOBACILLUS BREVIS; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PROTEUS VULGARIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ZIZYPHUS MAURITIANA;

EID: 84875434931     PISSN: 09742441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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