Screening of some Kenyan medicinal plants for antibacterial activity

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 150-153

  Wagate, Cyrus G ^a   Mbaria, James M ^a   Gakuya, Daniel W ^a   Nanyingi, Mark O ^a   Kareru, P G ^b   Njuguna, Anne ^a   Gitahi, Nduhiu ^a   Macharia, James K ^a   Njonge, Francis K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

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

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Medicinal plants; Minimum inhibitory concentration

Indexed keywords

METHANOL; PENICILLIN G; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; STREPTOMYCIN;

AJUGA; AJUGA REMOTA; ALOE; ALOE SECUNDIFLORA; AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS HYBRIDUS; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CASSIA DIDYMOBOTRYA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROTON; CROTON MACROSTACHYUS; DRUG SCREENING; ENTADA LEPTOSTACHYA; ERYTHRINA; ERYTHRINA ABYSSINICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HARRISONIA ABYSSINICA; JUJUBE; KENYA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCHKUHRIA PINNATA; SENNA; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA KILIMANDSCHARICA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; ZIZIPHUS ABYSSINICA;

GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

AJUGA REMOTA; ALOE SECUNDIFLORA; AMARANTHUS HYBRIDUS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CASSIA DIDYMOBOTRYA; CROTON MACROSTACHYUS; ENTADA; ERYTHRINA ABYSSINICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HARRISONIA ABYSSINICA; MICROCOCCUS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCHKUHRIA PINNATA; TERMINALIA; ZIZIPHUS;

EID: 74249098658     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2866     Document Type: Article

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