ANTIMICROBIAL AND FREE RADICAL SCAVENGING ACTIVITIES OF FIVE PALESTINIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 101-108

  Qabaha, Khaled Ibraheem ^a  

^a ARAB AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; plant extract; scavenging activity

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 1,1-DIPHENYL-2-PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2-DIPHENYL-1-PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; FREE RADICAL; PICRIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFECTS; FUNGUS; GERMANDER; LYTHRACEAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLISM; MIDDLE EAST; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; PSIDIUM; ROSMARINUS; SCAVENGING ACTIVITY; VITIS;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PLANT EXTRACT; SCAVENGING ACTIVITY;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIA; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; FREE RADICALS; FUNGI; MIDDLE EAST; PICRATES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PSIDIUM; PUNICACEAE; ROSMARINUS; SEEDS; TEUCRIUM; VITIS;

EID: 84900719490     PISSN: None     EISSN: 25050044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajtcam.v10i4.17     Document Type: Article

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