Activity profiles of fourteen selected medicinal plants from Rural Venda communities in South Africa against fifteen clinical bacterial species

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1443-1451

  Samie, A ^a,c   Obi, C L ^a   Bessong, P O ^a   Namrita, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Disc diffusion; Medicinal plants; Microdilution; South Africa; Venda

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTACHYS JOHNSONII EXTRACT; ANNONA SENEGALENSIS OIL; BRIDELIA MICRANTHA EXTRACT; CISSAMPELOS TORULOSA EXTRACT; ELAEDENDRON TRANSVAALENSIS EXTRACT; ESSENTIAL OIL; LIPPIA JAVANICA OIL; MUCUNA CORIACEAE EXTRACT; PELTOPHORUM AFRICANUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POUZOLZIA MIXTA EXTRACT; RHOICISSUS TRIDENTATA EXTRACT; SIDA ALBA EXTRACT; SYZIGIUM CORDATUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XIMENIA CAFFRA EXTRACT; ZORNIA MILNEANA EXTRACT;

ANDROSTACHYS JOHNSONII; ANNONA SENEGALENSIS; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRIDELIA MICRANTHA; CISSAMPELOS TORULOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESEARCH; ELAEDENDRON TRANSVAALENSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPPIA JAVANICA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MUCUNA CORIACEAE; NONHUMAN; PELTOPHORUM AFRICANUM; POUZOLZIA MIXTA; RHOICISSUS TRIDENTATA; SIDA ALBA; SOUTH AFRICA; SYZIGIUM CORDATUM; XIMENIA CAFFRA; ZORNIA MILNEANA;

ANDROSTACHYS JOHNSONII; ANNONA SENEGALENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRIDELIA MICRANTHA; CISSAMPELOS; LIPPIA JAVANICA; MUCUNA; NEGIBACTERIA; PELTOPHORUM AFRICANUM; POSIBACTERIA; POUZOLZIA; RHOICISSUS TRIDENTATA; SIDA SPINOSA; XIMENIA CAFFRA; ZORNIA;

EID: 29144477723     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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