Preliminary Phytochemical Screening and In Vitro Anti-Helicobacter pylori Activity of Acetone and Aqueous Extracts of the Stem Bark of Sclerocarya birrea (Anacardiaceae)

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 252-257

  Njume, Collise ^a   Afolayan, Anthony J ^a   Ndip, Roland N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Bioautography; Gastrointestinal infection; H. pylori; S. birrea

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE;

ANACARDIACEAE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BARK; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT STEM; SCLEROCARYA BIRREA; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ACETONE; ANACARDIACEAE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; WATER;

EID: 79959741760     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: 18735487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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