Phytochemical compounds and antimicrobial activity of three medicinal plants (Alchornea hirtella, Morinda geminata and Craterispermum laurinum) from Sierra Leone

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 6397-6401

  Koroma, Lahai ^a   Ita, Basil N ^b  

^a Eastern Technical University   (Sierra Leone)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Medicinal plants; Phytochemical constituents

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ALCOHOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PETROLEUM ETHER; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ALCHORNEA HIRTELLA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BARK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRATERISPERMUM LAURINUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORINDA GEMINATA; NONHUMAN; PLANT STEM; PROTEUS VULGARIS; SIERRA LEONE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ALCHORNEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRATERISPERMUM LAURINUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HIRTELLA; MORINDA; PROTEUS VULGARIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 71949117224     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb2009.000-9488     Document Type: Article

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