The leaves of Pelargonium sidoides may substitute for its roots in the treatment of bacterial infections

Biological Conservation

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 582-584

  Lewu, F B ^a   Grierson, D S ^a   Afolayan, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Eastern Cape; Medicinal plants; Pelargonium sidoides; Plant conservation; Substitution of plant parts

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MEDICINAL PLANT; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AFRICA; EASTERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GERANIACEAE; PELARGONIUM; PELARGONIUM SIDOIDES;

EID: 29944445646     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.10.018     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. A.J. Afolayan, and J.J.M Meyer The antimicrobial activity of 3,5,7-trihydroxiflavone isolated from the shoots of Helichrysum aureonitens J. Ethnopharmacol. 57 1997 177 181
2. A.B. Cunningham Development of a conservation Policy on commercially exploited medicinal plants: a case study from Southern Africa O. Akerele V. Heywood H. Synge Conservation of Medicinal Plants 1991 Cambridge University Press Cambridge 337
3. D. Lange The trade in plant material for medicinal and other purposes: a German case study. Cambridge: TRAFFIC International TRAFFIC Bulletin 7 1 1997 21 23
4. P.J. Masika, and A.J. Afolayan Antimicrobial activity of some plants used for the treatment of livestock disease in the Eastern Cape, South Africa J. Ethnopharmacol. 83 1-2 2002 129 134
5. J.J.M. Meyer, and A.J. Afolayan Antibacterial activity of Helichrysum aureonitens (Asteraceae) J. Ethnopharmacol. 47 2 1995 109 111
6. A. Nault, and D.R. Gagnon Demography of Allium tricoccum, a spring ephemeral, perennial herb J. Ecol. 81 1993 101 119
7. I. Olmsted, and E.R. Alvarez-Buylla Sustainable harvesting of tropical trees: demography and matrix models of two palm species in Mexico Ecol. Appl. 5 1995 484 500
8. M.F. Pfab, and M.A. Scholes Is the collection of Aloe peglerae from the wild sustainable? An evaluation using stochastic population modeling Biol. Conserv. 118 2004 695 701
9. J.H. Rock, B. Beckage, and L.J. Gross Population recovery following differential harvesting of Allium tricoccum Ait. In the southern Appalachians Biol. Conserv. 116 2004 227 234
10. S.F. Siebert Demographic effects of collecting rattan cane and their implications for sustainable harvesting Conserv. Biol. 18 2004 424 431
11. S. Zschocke, T. Rabe, J.L.S. Taylor, A.K Jäger, and J.. van Staden Plant part substitution - a way to conserve endangered medicinal plants? J. Ethnopharmacol. 71 1-2 2000 281 292