Antibacterial activities of selected medicinal plants in traditional treatment of human wounds in Ethiopia

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 370-375

  Taye, Biruhalem ^a   Giday, Mirutse ^a   Animut, Abebe ^a   Seid, Jemal ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agar well diffusion; Antibacterial activity; Ethiopia; Human wounds; Medicinal plants; Micro titer plate; Plant extracts

Indexed keywords

ACHYRANTHES ASPERA EXTRACT; ACOKANTHERA SCHIMPERI EXTRACT; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BRUCEA ANTIDYSENTERICA EXTRACT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CROTON MACROSTACHYUS EXTRACT; DATURA STRAMONIUM EXTRACT; METHANOL; MILLETTIA FERRUGINEA EXTRACT; PHYTOLACCA DODECANDRA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SOLANUM INCANUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ACOKANTHERA SCHIMPERI; AGAR DIFFUSION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRUCEA; BRUCEA ANTIDYSENTERICA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROTON; CROTON MACROSTACHYUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOBOTANY; GROWTH INHIBITION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; MILLETTIA; MILLETTIA FERRUGINEA; MINIMUM BACTERICIDAL CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOLACCA DODECANDRA; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SOLANUM; SOLANUM INCANUM; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; WOUND; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING; BACTERIA; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; ETHIOPIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 79959419046     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(11)60082-8     Document Type: Article

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