Evaluation of Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activities of Aqueous, Methanolic and Alkaloid Extracts from Mitragyna Speciosa (Rubiaceae Family) Leaves

Evaluation of Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activities of Aqueous, Methanolic and Alkaloid Extracts from Mitragyna Speciosa (Rubiaceae Family) Leaves

Studies on the antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of Mitragyna speciosa leaf extracts are lacking. In this study the antioxidant properties of water, methanolic and alkaloid M. speciosa leaf extracts were evaluated using the DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1- picrylhydrazyl) radical scavenging method. The...

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Main Authors: Mohd I. Mohd. Said, Sreenivasan Sasidharan, Surash Ramanathan, Sabariah Ismail, Juzaili Bin Azizi, Suhanya Parthasarathy, Sharif Mahsufi Mansor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2009-10-01
Series:Molecules
Subjects:
Mitragyna speciosa
antioxidant
antibacterial
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/14/10/3964/

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