Screening for anti-microbial activity and phytochemical constituents of some Nigerian medicinal plants

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1088-1091

  Egwaikhide, P A ^a   Okeniyi, S O ^b   Gimba, C E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

^b Nigerian Defense Academy   (Nigeria)

^c AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anti microbial activity; Functional groups; Infrared spectra; Inhibitory effects; Phytochemical constituents; Phytochemical screening

Indexed keywords

ACID ANHYDRIDE; ALCOHOL; ALKYL GROUP; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; ESTER; ETHER DERIVATIVE; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULES EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HYDROXYL GROUP; METHYL GROUP; PHLOBATANNIN DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PLUMERIA RUBRA EXTRACT; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; STEROID; SUGAR; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARCANOBACTERIUM PYOGENES; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULES; FLOWER; INFRARED RADIATION; INHIBITION KINETICS; MEDICINAL PLANT; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLUMERIA RUBRA; SCREENING;

CORYNEBACTERIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; PLUMERIA RUBRA;

EID: 75649114955     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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