Comparative analysis of phenolics, flavonoids, and antioxidant and antibacterial potential of methanolic, hexanic and aqueous extracts from Adiantum caudatum leaves

Antioxidants

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 394-409

  Ahmed, Dildar ^a   Khan, Muhammad Mehboob ^a   Saeed, Ramsha ^a  

^a FORMAN CHRISTIAN COLLEGE A CHARTERED UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Adiantum caudatum; Antibacterial; Antioxidant; Flavonoids; Phenolics; Soxhlet extraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987759518     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/antiox4020394     Document Type: Article

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