Evaluation of the antibacterial and anticancer activities of some South African medicinal plants

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bisi Johnson, Mary A ^a   Obi, Chikwelu L ^a   Hattori, Toshio ^b   Oshima, Yoshiteru ^c   Li, Shenwei ^b   Kambizi, Learnmore ^a   Eloff, Jacobus N ^d   Vasaikar, Sandeep D ^a  

^a WALTER SISULU UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALOE ARBORESCENS EXTRACT; ALOE STRIATULA EXTRACT; AMPICILLIN; BUTANOL; CYATHULA UNCINULATA EXTRACT; EUCOMIS AUTUMNALIS EXTRACT; HYPOXIS LATIFOLIA EXTRACT; KANAMYCIN; LANTANA CAMARA EXTRACT; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BROTH DILUTION; BURN; CANCER CELL CULTURE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLATULENCE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IC 50; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENTAL DISEASE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; SOUTH AFRICA; STOMACH DISEASE; WOUND; AFRICAN MEDICINE; AMARANTHACEAE; ANGIOSPERM; DRUG RESISTANCE; HYPOXIS; LANTANA; LIVER TUMOR; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHYTOTHERAPY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

AMARANTHACEAE; AMPICILLIN RESISTANCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DRUG RESISTANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; HYPOXIS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; KANAMYCIN RESISTANCE; LANTANA; LILIACEAE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79952195253     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-11-14     Document Type: Article

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