Estimation of flavoniods, antimicrobial, antitumor and anticancer activity of Carissa opaca fruits

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Sahreen, Sumaira ^a,b   Khan, Muhammad R ^b   Khan, Rahmat A ^b,c   Shah, Naseer A ^b  

^a PAKISTAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Anticancer; Carissa opaca; Escherichia coli; High performance liquid chromatography

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; APIGENIN; FLAVONOID; ISOQUERCETIN; MYRICETIN; ORIENTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARISSA OPACA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG POTENCY; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRUIT; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUSARIUM SOLANI; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NONHUMAN; POTATO; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOCYNACEAE; BACTERIA; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FLAVONOIDS; FRUIT; FUNGI; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PAKISTAN; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 84891032675     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-372     Document Type: Article

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