Antimicrobial activity of crude extracts of the three medicinal plants used in South-West Nigerian folk medicine on some food borne bacterial pathogens

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 13-22

  Akinyemi, K O ^a   Oluwa, O K ^a   Omomigbehin, E O ^b  

^a LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Acalypha wilkesiana; Antibacterial acitivity; Foodborne pathogens; Medical plants; Minimum inhibitory concentrations; Phyllanthus discoideus and Trema guineensis

Indexed keywords

ACALYPHA WILKESIANA EXTRACT; ALCOHOL; ALKALOID; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; CARBOHYDRATE; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; FLAVONOID; PHYLLANTHUS DISCOIDEUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT GLYCOSIDE; SAPONIN; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TREMA GUINEENSIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ACALYPHA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GASTROENTERITIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HERBAL MEDICINE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PHYLLANTHUS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREMA;

EID: 33846703026     PISSN: 01896016     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajtcam.v3i4.31173     Document Type: Article

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