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The results indicate that the leaf extracts of\n                    <jats:italic>S. myrtifolium<\/jats:italic>\n                    contain various classes of phytochemicals (alkaloids, anthraquinones, flavonoids, phenolics, saponins, tannins and triterpenoids) and possess antioxidant, antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral activities. Ethyl acetate, ethanol, methanol, and water extracts exhibited significantly higher (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    &lt; 0.05) oxygen radical absorbance capacity and ferric-reducing antioxidant power than the hexane and chloroform extracts. However, all extracts exhibited stronger inhibitory activity against four tested species of yeasts (minimal inhibitory concentration: 0.02\u20130.31 mg mL\n                    <jats:sup>\u20131<\/jats:sup>\n                    ) than against six tested species of bacteria (minimal inhibitory concentration: 0.16\u20131.25 mg mL\n                    <jats:sup>\u20131<\/jats:sup>\n                    ). The ethanolic extract offered the highest protection of Vero cells (viability &gt; 70 %) from the cytopathic effect caused by the Chikungunya virus while the ethyl acetate extract showed significant replication inhibitory activity against the virus (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    &lt; 0.001) using the replicon-enhanced green fluorescent protein reporter system.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.2478\/acph-2022-0013","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,15]],"date-time":"2022-01-15T09:56:55Z","timestamp":1642240615000},"page":"317-328","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Chemical composition, antioxidant, antimicrobial and antiviral activities of the leaf extracts of\n                    <i>Syzygium myrtifolium<\/i>"],"prefix":"10.2478","volume":"72","author":[{"given":"MUSTAFFA ALBAKRI","family":"AHMAD","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Allied Health Sciences Faculty of Science , Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman , Bandar Barat , Kampar, Perak , Malaysia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"YI HUI","family":"LIM","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Allied Health Sciences Faculty of Science , Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman , Bandar Barat , Kampar, Perak , Malaysia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"YIK SIN","family":"CHAN","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Allied Health Sciences Faculty of Science , Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman , Bandar Barat , Kampar, Perak , Malaysia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"CHUN-YUAN","family":"HSU","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Bioscience Technology College of Science , Chung Yuan Christian University , Chung Li District , Taiwan , R.O.C."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"TZONG-YUAN","family":"WU","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Bioscience Technology College of Science , Chung Yuan Christian University , Chung Li District , Taiwan , R.O.C."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"NAM WENG","family":"SIT","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Allied Health Sciences Faculty of Science , Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman , Bandar Barat , Kampar, Perak , Malaysia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"374","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"2026051108205923841_j_acph-2022-0013_ref_1","unstructured":"C. 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