Antidiarrhoeal activities of ocimum gratissimum (Lamiaceae)

Journal of Diarrhoeal Diseases Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 283-285

  Ilori, M O ^a,c   Sheteolu, A O ^a   Omonigbehin, E A ^b   Adeneye, A A ^a  

^a LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Aeromonas sobria; Antidiarrhoeals; Escherichia coli; Medicinal; Ocimum gratissimum; Plants; Plesiomonas shigelloides; Shigella dysenteriae

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; BASIL; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PLANT LEAF;

ANTIDIARRHEALS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OCIMUM BASILICUM; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 0030320613     PISSN: 02538768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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