Evaluation of extracts of Anthocleista djalonensis, Nauclea latifolia and Uvaria afzalii for activity against bacterial isolates from cases of non-gonococcal urethritis

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 135-144

  Okoli, A S ^a   Iroegbu, C U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anthocleista djalonensis; Antibacterial activity; Combination therapy; Ethnomedicine; Nauclea latifolia; Nigeria; Uvaria afzalii

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKALOID; ANTHOCLEISTA DJALONENSIS EXTRACT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERICIDE; CARBOHYDRATE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; FLAVONOID; GLYCOSIDE; NAUCLEA LATIFOLIA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; SAPONIN; TANNIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVARIA AFZALII EXTRACT; WATER;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ANTHOCLEISTA DJALONENSIS; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOSTASIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COLD; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NAUCLEA LATIFOLIA; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; NONSPECIFIC URETHRITIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UVARIA AFZALII;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ARTEMIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENTIANACEAE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; LETHAL DOSE 50; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NIGERIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RUBIACEAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; URETHRITIS; UVARIA;

EID: 1942519899     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2003.12.015     Document Type: Article

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