Phytochemical screening and antibacterial activities of Vernonia ambigua, Vernonia blumeoides and Vernonia oocephala (asteraceae)

Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica - Drug Research

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-73

  Aliyu, Abubakar B ^a   Musa, Aliyu M ^a   Abdullahi, Mikhail S ^b   Ibrahim, Hamisu ^a,c   Oyewale, Adebayo O ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b National Research Institute for Chemical Technology   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activities; Asteraceae; Phytochemical; Vernonia ambigua; Vernonia blumeoides; Vernonia oocephala

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPONIN; SESQUITERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERNONIA AMBIGUA EXTRACT; VERNONIA BLUMEOIDES EXTRACT; VERNONIA OOCEPHALA EXTRACT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM ULCERANS; DRUG SCREENING; GROWTH INHIBITION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VERNONIA; VERNONIA AMBIGUA; VERNONIA BLUMEOIDES; VERNONIA OOCEPHALA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; VERNONIA;

EID: 79551471698     PISSN: 00016837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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