The effect of a local mineral kadosero towards the antimicrobial activity of medicinal plants exract: Case of Lake Victoria basin, Tarime Tanzania

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-6

  Otieno, Joseph Nicolao ^a   Hosea, Kennedy Macha Matengo ^a   Lyaruu, Herbert Valentine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Mineral supplement; Plant extract; Traditional healers

Indexed keywords

BALANITES AEGYPTIACA EXTRACT; CHLORIDE; IRON; MINERAL; PLANT EXTRACT; SODIUM; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WELL WATER;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAVIMETRY; GROWTH INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TANZANIA; TITRIMETRY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 33846392629     PISSN: 01896016     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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