Screening of some medicinal plants used in south-west Nigerian traditional medicine for anti-salmonella typhi activity

Journal of Herbal Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-60

  Akinyemi, K O ^a   Mendie, U E ^b   Smith, S T ^c   Oyefolu, A O ^a   Coker, A O ^b  

^a LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^c NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Decoction; Herbal medicine extracts susceptibility; Minimum inhibitory concentrations; Multi drugs resistant; Photochemical; Salmonella typhi; Typhoid fever

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALKALOID; ALSTONIA CONGENSIS EXTRACT; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARICA PAPAYA EXTRACT; CIPROFLOXACIN; COMBRETUM PANICULATUM EXTRACT; ENANTIA CHLORANTHA EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MANGIFERA INDICA EXTRACT; MOMORDICA BALSAMINA EXTRACT; MORINDA LUCINDA EXTRACT; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TERMINALIA AVICENNIOIDES EXTRACT; TREMA GUINEENSIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALSTONIA; ANNONACEAE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BASIL; COMBRETUM; DRUG SCREENING; MANGO; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOMORDICA; MORINDA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PAPAYA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SALMONELLOSIS; TERMINALIA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREMA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NIGERIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 27544500304     PISSN: 15228940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J157v05n01_06     Document Type: Article

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