Screening of crude extracts of six medicinal plants used in South-West Nigerian unorthodox medicine for anti-methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus activity

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Akinyemi, Kabir O ^a   Oladapo, Olukayode ^a   Okwara, Chidi E ^a   Ibe, Christopher C ^a   Fasure, Kehinde A ^a  

^a LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

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Indexed keywords

ACALYPHA WILKESIANA EXTRACT; AGERATUM CONYZOIDES EXTRACT; ALCOHOL; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BRIDELLA FERRUGINEA EXTRACT; METICILLIN; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM EXTRACT; PHYLANTUS DISCOIDEUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; TERMINALIA AVICENNIOIDES EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ACALYPHA WILKESIANA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRIDELLA FERRUGINEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLANTUS DISCOIDEUS; TERMINALIA AVICENNIOIDES;

EID: 25444457759     PISSN: 14726882     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-5-6     Document Type: Article

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