TY - JOUR AU - Chew, Yik Ling AU - Ling Chan, Elaine Wan AU - Tan, Pei Ling AU - Lim, Yau Yan AU - Stanslas, Johnson AU - Goh, Joo Kheng PY - 2011 DA - 2011/02/10 TI - Assessment of phytochemical content, polyphenolic composition, antioxidant and antibacterial activities of Leguminosae medicinal plants in Peninsular Malaysia JO - BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine SP - 12 VL - 11 IS - 1 AB - Many medicinal plants from Leguminosae family can be found easily in Malaysia. These plants have been used as traditional medicines by local ethnic groups, where they are prepared as decoction, pastes for wound infections, and some have been eaten as salad. This paper focused on the assessment of antioxidant potential, antibacterial activity and classes of phytochemicals of nine plants from the Leguminosae family. SN - 1472-6882 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6882-11-12 DO - 10.1186/1472-6882-11-12 ID - Chew2011 ER -