In vitro antiplasmodial and antibacterial activities of Canthium multiflorum schum and thonn (Rubiacea) extracts

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 919-923

  Akomo, E F O ^a,c   Zongo, C ^a   Karou, S D ^b   Obame, L C ^a   Savadogo, A ^a   Atteke, C ^c   Traore, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOMÉ   (Togo)

^c Institut de Recherche en Ecologie Tropicale   (Gabon)

Author keywords

Canthium multiflonun; Pathogenic bacteria; Plant extract; Plasmodiumfalciparum

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANTHIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

AFRICAN MEDICINE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RUBIACEAE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMALARIALS; BACTERIA; HUMANS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 70350774144     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2009.919.923     Document Type: Article

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