Antibacterial activity of aqueous and ethanol crude extracts of the root barks of Alstonia boonei and preliminary phytochemical test of Morinda lucida

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 644-648

  Adomi, Patience O ^a   Umukoro, Godwin E ^a  

^a DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Alstonia boonei; Antibacterial activity; Morinda lucida; Preliminary phytochemistry

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKALOID; ALSTONIA BOONEI EXTRACT; ANTHRAQUINONE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARDENOLIDE; MORINDA LUCIDA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPONIN; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ALSTONIA; ALSTONIA BOONEI; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BARK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SCREENING; MORINDA; MORINDA LUCIDA; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT ROOT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALSTONIA BOONEI; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MORINDA LUCIDA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 77951895734     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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