Antioxidant, antimicrobial, antitumor, and cytotoxic activities of an important medicinal plant (Euphorbia royleana) from Pakistan

Journal of Food and Drug Analysis

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 109-115

  Ashraf, Aisha ^a   Sarfraz, Raja Adil ^a   Rashid, Muhammad Abid ^a   Shahid, Muhammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

2,2 diphenyl 1 picrylhydrazyl; Agrobacterium tumefaciens; antioxidant; Euphorbia royleana; flavonoids

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; EUPHORBIA EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA ROYLEANA EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; HEXANE; METHANOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DPPH RADICAL SCAVENGING ASSAY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENCY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA ROYLEANA; FUSARIUM SOLANI; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUPHORBIA ROYLEANA; FUSARIUM SOLANI; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84922335501     PISSN: 10219498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfda.2014.05.007     Document Type: Article

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