Antimicrobial activity of some medicinal plants used for the treatment of tuberculosis in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 6683-6687

  Buwa, L V ^a   Afolayan, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Medicinal plants; Mycobacterium aurum; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ARTESIMIA AFRA EXTRACT; CARPOBROTUS EDULIS EXTRACT; DICHLOROMETHANE; PLANT EXTRACT; TULBAGHIA VIOLACEA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTESIMIA AFRA; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS INFECTION; CARPOBROTUS EDULIS; DRUG SCREENING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM AURUM; NONHUMAN; PLANT BULB; PLANT LEAF; SOUTH AFRICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TUBERCULOSIS; TULBAGHIA VIOLACEA;

ARTEMISIA AFRA; BACILLUS CEREUS; CARPOBROTUS EDULIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MYCOBACTERIUM AURUM; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TULBAGHIA VIOLACEA;

EID: 74549160410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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