Pharmacological properties of pomaria sandersonii, pentanisia prunelloides and alepidea amatymbica extracts using in vitro assays

Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Muleya, E ^a,b   Ahmed, A S ^b   Sipamla, A M ^a   Mtunzi, F M ^a   Mutatu, W ^c  

^a VAAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c MIDLANDS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEPIDEA AMATYMBICA EXTRACT; AMPHOTERICIN B; GENTAMICIN; LIPOXYGENASE; PENTANISIA PRUNELLOIDES EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POMARIA SANDERSONII EXTRACT; TROLOX C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABTS RADICAL SCAVENGING ASSAY; ALEPIDEA AMATYMBICA; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DPPH RADICAL SCAVENGING ASSAY; EC50; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUDICOT; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PENTANISIA PRUNELLOIDES; POMARIA SANDERSONII; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 84923114986     PISSN: 21412502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/Jpp2014.0336     Document Type: Article

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