TY - JOUR AU - Ullah, Riaz AU - Ahmad, Shabir AU - Atiq, Aimen AU - Hussain, Hidayat AU - Rehman, Najeeb ur AU - AbdElsalam, Naser M. AU - Adnan, Muhammad PY - 2015/06/27 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - QUANTIFICATION AND ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF FLAVONOIDS IN COFFEE SAMPLES JF - African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines JA - Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med VL - 12 IS - 4 SE - Short communications DO - 10.21010/ajtcam.v12i4.13 UR - https://journals.athmsi.org/index.php/ajtcam/article/view/2601 SP - 84-86 AB - Background: Flavonoids are the phenolic substances widely found in fruits, vegetables, grains, bark, roots, stems, flowers, tea and coffee.Methodology: In the current study quantity of flavonoids and antibacterial activities were determined in different coffee samples namely Nescafeclassic, Nescafe gold, Nescafe martina, original, creamy and cafe soluvel by using standard methodology available in literature.Results: Nescafe original and gold showed highest content of flavonoid while cafe soluvel showed lowest content of flavonoid. Cafe soluvel, goldand classic showed good antibacterial activities.Conclusion: This study showed that coffee is good source of flavonoids and had excellent antibacterial potential. ER -