Screening for anti-infective properties of several medicinal plants of the Mauritians flora

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 331-337

  Rangasamy, Oumadevi ^a   Raoelison, Guy ^b   Rakotoniriana, Francisco E ^b   Cheuk, Kiban ^b   Urverg Ratsimamanga, Suzanne ^b   Quetin Leclercq, Joelle ^c   Gurib Fakim, Ameenah ^a   Subratty, Anwar Hussein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

^b Inst Malgache de Rech Appl   (Madagascar)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anti microbial activity; Bioautography; Infections; Mauritius; Medicinal plants; Micro dilution assay

Indexed keywords

ANTIDESMA MADAGASCARIENSE EXTRACT; APHLOIA THEIFORMIS EXTRACT; DICHLOROMETHANE; ERYTHROXYLUM LAURIFOLIUM EXTRACT; HEXANE; MANGIFERA INDICA EXTRACT; MELIA AZEDARACH EXTRACT; MICHELIA CHAMPACA EXTRACT; MORINGA OLEIFERA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIDESMA MADAGASCARIENSE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLADOSPORIUM CUCUMERINUM; COLLETOTRICHUM; COLLETOTRICHUM GLOCOSPOROIDES; DIFFUSION; DILUTION; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ERYTHROXYLUM LAURIFOLIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGUS; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; GUIGNARDIA; HYPHOMYCETES; MANGO; MAURITIUS; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELIA AZEDARACH; MICHELIA CHAMPACA; MICRODILUTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORINGA OLEIFERA; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHIZOCTONIA SOLANI; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLADOSPORIUM; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; MAURITIUS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

ANTIDESMA MADAGASCARIENSE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLADOSPORIUM CUCUMERINUM; COLLETOTRICHUM; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; GUIGNARDIA; MICHELIA CHAMPACA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 33845603958     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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