Identification of phenolic compounds and evaluation of antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of Euphorbia tirucalli L.

Antioxidants

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 159-175

  De Araújo, Keline Medeiros ^a   De Lima, Alessandro ^b   Silva, Jurandy Do N ^b   Rodrigues, Larissa L ^b   Amorim, Adriany G N ^a   Quelemes, Patrick V ^a   Dos Santos, Raimunda C ^a   Rocha, Jefferson A ^a   De Andrades, Éryka O ^a   Leite, José Roberto S A ^a   Mancini Filho, Jorge ^c   Da Trindade, Reginaldo Almeida ^a,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO FEDERAL DE EDUCAÇÃO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Antioxidant activity; Euphorbia tirucalli L; Phenolic compounds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959547463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/antiox3010159     Document Type: Article

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