December 2012

Petiveria alliacea: New alternative for the treatment of sensitive and multi-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis

The purpose of this study was to determine the activity of Petiviera alliacea extracts against drug-sensitive and resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. P. alliaceawas extracted with ethanol using the maceration method. The proportional method was used to test the anti-mycobacterial activity in ethanol extract against drug-sensitive and resistant...

Author(s): Y. Mulyani, E. Y. Sukandar,  I. K. Adnyana and Elfahmi

December 2012

Antioxidant activity of the essential oil from the flowers of Lavandula stoechas

This study was aimed at determining the chemical constituents and evaluating the antioxidant activity of essential oil of dry flowers’ of lavender (Lavandula stoechas). Extraction of essential oil was carried out by water distillation. The essential oils yield based on dry weight was 3.41% (v/w). The gas chromatography with flame ionization detector (GC/FID) technique was used and identification of...

Author(s): BARKAT Malika and LAIB Imène