Review Article

A Systematic Review on Antimicrobial and Antiparasitic Activity of Eurycoma longifolia Jack (Tongkat Ali)

Table 1

Searching method using four main databases.

Database
Search and/or terms

Scopus
(“eurycoma longifolia”) AND (“antimicrobial activity”) OR (“biofilms”) OR (“antibacterial”) OR (“antifungal”) OR (“antiparasitic”)
PubMed
#1 Eurycoma Longifolia
#2 “antimicrobial” [MeSH terms] OR “antimicrobial” OR “Agents, Anti-Infective” OR “Anti Infective Agents” OR “Antiinfective Agents” OR “Agents, Antiinfective”
OR “Microbicides” OR “Antimicrobial Agents” OR “Agents, Antimicrobial” OR “Anti-Microbial Agents” OR “Agents, Anti-Microbial” OR “Anti-Microbial Agents”
#3 “biofilms” [MeSH terms] OR “biofilms” OR “Bacterial Adhesion” OR “Adhesins, Bacterial” OR “Biofouling”
#4 “antibacterial” [MeSH terms] OR “antibacterial” OR “Agents, Anti-Bacterial” OR “Anti-Bacterial Agents” OR “Antibacterial Agents” OR “Agents, Antibacterial” OR “Antibiotics” OR “Bacteriocidal Agents” OR “Agents, Bacteriocidal” OR “Bacteriocides” OR “Anti-Mycobacterial Agents” OR “Agents, Anti-Mycobacterial” OR “Anti Mycobacterial Agents” OR “Antimycobacterial Agents” OR “Agents, Antimycobacterial”
#5 “antifungal” [MeSH terms] OR “antifungal” OR “Agents, Antifungal” OR “Therapeutic Fungicides” OR “Fungicides, Therapeutic” OR “Antibiotics, Antifungal” OR “Antifungal Antibiotics”
#6 “anti-parasitic” [MeSH terms] OR “anti-parasitic” OR “Agents, Anti-parasitic” OR “Anti-parasitic Drugs” OR “Drugs, Antiparasitic” OR “Parasiticides” OR “Antiparasitics”
#2 OR #3 OR #4 OR #5 OR #6 AND #1
ScienceDirect
“eurycoma longifolia” AND “antimicrobial”
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