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ArticleAfrican journal of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicines : AJTCAM2017

ANTIBACTERIAL AND ANTIOXIDANT POTENTIAL OF STEM BARK EXTRACT OF

Masood-Ur-Rehman, Naveed Akhtar, Rehan Mustafa

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Article in African journal of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicines : AJTCAM, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Masood-Ur-RehmanDepartment of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy and Alternative medicine, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
Naveed AkhtarDepartment of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy and Alternative medicine, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
Rehan MustafaDepartment of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy and Alternative medicine, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEthnic medication systems have been used extensively by humans since their origin. Now a day, in the developing countries these systems are being used due to their effectiveness and affordability. Especially inhabitants of rural areas still rely on these systems as first line of treatment against diseased conditions. Till now, majority of medicines is derived from the natural origin particularly plants owing to their little side effects and cost effectiveness. MATERIALS AND

methodsIn the present work, we evaluated antibacterial and antioxidant activity of methanolic extract of

resultsPhenolic content was 133.21±1.56 μg GAE/mg of extract while Flavonoid content was 997.93±2.14 μg QE/mg. Plant extract demonstrated strong antiradical activity with EC

conclusionThis study revealed that

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BombaxAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntioxidantsBacteriaBiphenyl CompoundsFlavonoidsMedicine, TraditionalMicrobial Sensitivity TestsNitric OxidePakistanPhenolsPicratesPlant BarkPlant ExtractsPlant StemsStaphylococcus aureus1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazylAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntioxidantsBiphenyl CompoundsFlavonoidsNitric OxidePhenolsPicratesPlant ExtractsantibacterialantioxidantBombax ceibaDPPHNitric oxide

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PMID28573217
PMCPMC5446470

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