Antimycobacterial evaluation of fifteen medicinal plants in South Africa

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-39

  Mmushi, T J ^a   Masoko, P ^a   Mdee, L K ^a   Mokgotho, M P ^a   Mampuru, L J ^a   Howard, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antimycobacterial activity; Milletia stulhimannii; Minimum inhibitory concentration; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ALBIZIA GUMMIFERA EXTRACT; ANNONA SENEGALENSIS EXTRACT; ANTIDESMA VENOSUM EXTRACT; ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL AGENT; APODYTES DIMIDIATA EXTRACT; BARRINGTONIA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; DICHLOROMETHANE; HEXANE; KIGELIA AFRICANA EXTRACT; KIRKIA ACUMINATA EXTRACT; MACARANGA CAPENSIS EXTRACT; MAYTENUS SENEGALENSIS EXTRACT; MAYTENUS UDANTA EXTRACT; METHANOL; MILLETTIA STUHLMANNII EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SCLEROCARYA BIRREA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANGUERIA INFAUSTA EXTRACT; WARBURGIA SALUTARIS EXTRACT; XANTHOCERCIS ZAMBESIACA EXTRACT;

ALBIZIA GUMMIFERA; ANACARDIACEAE; ANNONA; ANNONA SENEGALENSIS; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIDESMA VENOSUM; APODYTES DIMIDIATA; ARTICLE; BARRINGTONIA; BARRINGTONIA RACEMOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DRUG SCREENING; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; EUPHORBIA; FEVER; KIGELIA AFRICANA; KIRKIA ACUMINATA; MACARANGA CAPENSIS; MAYTENUS; MAYTENUS SENEGALENSIS; MAYTENUS UDANTA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MILLETTIA; MILLETTIA STUHLMANNII; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RUBIACEAE; SCLEROCARYA BIRREA; SIMAROUBACEAE; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM DISCOLORATION; SYMPTOM; THORAX DISEASE; VANGUERIA INFAUSTA; WARBURGIA SALUTARIS; XANTHOCERCIS ZAMBESIACA;

EID: 77958075434     PISSN: 01896016     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajtcam.v7i1.57230     Document Type: Article

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