Anti-microbial and anti-oxidant activities of illicium verum, Crataegus oxyacantha ssp monogyna and Allium cepa red and white varieties

Bioengineered

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 244-248

  Benmalek, Yamina ^a   Yahia, Ouahiba Ait ^a   Belkebir, Aicha ^a   Fardeau, Marie Laure ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

^b STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

Author keywords

Anthocyanins; Antibacterial activity; Antioxydant activity; Flavonoids; Flavonols

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; AGLYCONE; ANTHOCYANIN; ASCORBIC ACID; ATCC 25923; ATCC 25992; ATCC 27852; ATCC 43300; FLAVAN DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOL; QUERCETIN; SCAVENGER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRATAEGUS LAEVIGATA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IC 50; ILLICIUM VERUM; NONHUMAN; ONION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTHOCYANINS; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXYDANT ACTIVITY; FLAVONOIDS; FLAVONOLS;

ALLIUM; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CRATAEGUS; FLAVONOLS; ILLICIUM; PLANT LEAVES;

EID: 84883256115     PISSN: 19491018     EISSN: 19491026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/bioe.24435     Document Type: Article

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