Screening of some Tanzanian medicinal plants from Bunda district for antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral activities

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-66

  Maregesi, Sheila Mgole ^a,b   Pieters, Luc ^b   Ngassapa, Olipa David ^a   Apers, Sandra ^b   Vingerhoets, Rita ^c   Cos, Paul ^c   Berghe, Dirk A Vanden ^c   Vlietinck, Arnold J ^b  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antifungal; Antiviral; Bunda; Medicinal plants; Screening; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ACACIA BREVISPICA EXTRACT; ACACIA TORTILIS EXTRACT; AESCHYNONEME INDICA EXTRACT; ARGEMONE OIL; BALANITES AEGYPTIACA EXTRACT; BARLERIA ERANTHEMOIDES EXTRACT; BOERHAVIA COCCINEA EXTRACT; BOSCIA ANGUSTIFOLIA EXTRACT; COMBRETUM ADENOGONIUM EXTRACT; CROTALARIA RETUSA EXTRACT; DALBERGIA MELANOXYLON EXTRACT; ELAEODENDRON SCHLECHTERANUM EXTRACT; EMILIA COCCINEA EXTRACT; ERYTHRINA ABYSSINICA EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA TIRUCALLI EXTRACT; FICUS SYCOMORUS EXTRACT; HOSLUNDIA OPPOSITA EXTRACT; JASMINUM FLUMINENSE EXTRACT; KIGELIA AFRICANA EXTRACT; LANNEA SCHWEINFURTHII EXTRACT; LEONOTIS NEPETIFOLIA EXTRACT; MAERUA EDULIS EXTRACT; OZOROA RETICULATA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SENECIO DISCIFOLIUS EXTRACT; TERMINALIA MOLLIS EXTRACT; TITHONIA DIVERSIFOLIA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERNONIA CINERASCENS EXTRACT; ZALEYA PENTANDRA EXTRACT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COXSACKIE VIRUS B; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEMLIKI FOREST ALPHAVIRUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TANZANIA; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; HUMANS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TANZANIA;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BALANITES AEGYPTIACA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COMBRETUM; ELAEODENDRON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FICUS SYCOMORUS; FUNGI; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LANNEA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TERMINALIA; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 49149111614     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.05.033     Document Type: Article

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