Antimicrobial and antioxidant potential of selected seaweeds from Kodinar, Southern Coast of Saurashtra, Gujarat, India

Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 35-40

  Karthikeyan, Kannan ^a   Shweta, Kewlani ^a,b   Jayanthi, Ganapathi ^a   Prabhu, Kolanthasamy ^a   Thirumaran, Ganapathy ^a  

^a Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology   (India)

^b KSKV Kachchh University   (India)

Author keywords

Disc diffusion assay; H2< inf>O2< inf> scavenging assay; Seaweeds; Total antioxidant

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938824898     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22313354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7324/JAPS.2015.50706     Document Type: Article

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