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Antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of the Pistacia
lentiscus and Pistacia atlantica extracts
Nabila Benhammou1*, Fawzia
Atik Bekkara1 and Tatjana Kadifkova Panovska2
1Laboratory
of Natural Products, Department of Biology, Faculty of
Science, University Abou Bekr Belkaid, LP 119, Imama,
Tlemcen (Algeria).
2Department
of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University St. Cyril and
Metodius, 1000 Skopje, R. Macedonia.
*Corresponding author:
E-mail address:
nabila.benhammou79@yahoo.fr.
Accepted 13 March 2008
Accepted 4 March, 2008 |
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The antimicrobial activity and antioxidant properties of
Pistacia lentiscus L. and Pistacia atlantica
Desf (Anacardiaceae)
leaves extracts were studied against eight bacteria, five
moulds and yeast. A strong antifungal activity and a weak
antibacterial activity were observed. They showed also a
high reducing power capacity and a weak scavenging activity
for superoxide anions (14.16 % for P. lentiscus and
19.3 % for P. atlantica).
Key words:
Pistacia lentiscus,
Pistacia atlantica, antimicrobial activity,
antioxidant activity. |
