Antibacterial and cytotoxic activity of Kenyan medicinal plants

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 650-652

  Cyrus, Wagate G ^a   Daniel, Gakuya W ^a   Nanyingi, Mark O ^a   Njonge, Francis K ^b   Mbaria, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Cytotoxicity; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

AJUGA; AJUGA REMOTA; AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS HYBRIDUS; ARTEMIA; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HARRISONIA ABYSSINICA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TERMINALIA;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; KENYA; LD 50; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTEMIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; KENYA; LETHAL DOSE 50; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 56749091251     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762008000700004     Document Type: Article

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