Comparison of antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of unripe and ripe fruit extracts of momordica cochinchinensis spreng (gac fruit)

International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 75-82

  Tinrat, Sirikhwan ^a  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY NORTH BANGKOK   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial Activity; Antioxidant Activity; Momordica Cochinchinensis Spreng (Gac fruit); Unripe And Ripe Fruit

Indexed keywords

1, 1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACETONE; ALUMINUM CHLORIDE; AMPICILLIN; FLAVONOID; HEXANE; METHANOL; MOMORDICA COCHINCHINENSIS EXTRACT; PHENOL; PLANT EXTRACT; STREPTOMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ASSAY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BROTH DILUTION; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; DPPH RADICAL SCAVENGING ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERRIC REDUCING ANTIOXIDANT POWER ASSAY; GROWTH INHIBITION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM BACTERICIDAL CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOMORDICA COCHINCHINENSIS; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84908004188     PISSN: 0976044X     EISSN: 0976044X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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