Ethnopharmacological survey and in vitro evaluation of wound-healing plants used in South-western Nigeria

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-56

  Adetutu, Adewale ^a,b   Morgan, Winston A ^a   Corcoran, Olivia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antioxidant; Fibroblast proliferation; Medicinal plants; Nigeria; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ACALYPHA WILKESIANA EXTRACT; AFRAMOMUM MELEGUETA EXTRACT; AGERATUM CONYZOIDES EXTRACT; ANNONA SENEGALENSIS EXTRACT; ANOGEISSUS LEIOCARPA EXTRACT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; BRIDELIA FERRUGINEA EXTRACT; CAPSICUM FRUTESCENCE EXTRACT; CARICA PAPAYA EXTRACT; CHROMOLAENA ODORATA EXTRACT; CITRULLUS LANATUS EXTRACT; COCOS NUCIFERA EXTRACT; CRASSOCEPHALUM CREPIDIOIDES EXTRACT; DATURA STRAMONIUM EXTRACT; DICHROSTACHYS GLOMERATA EXTRACT; DIOSCOREA HIRTIFLORA EXTRACT; DIOSPYROS CANALICULATA EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA HETEROPHYLLA EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA POISSONII EXTRACT; FICUS ASPERIFOLIA EXTRACT; FLABELLARIA PANICULATA EXTRACT; HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA EXTRACT; JATROPHA CURCAS EXTRACT; LAWSONIA INERMIS EXTRACT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM EXTRACT; MORINDA LUCIDA EXTRACT; NYMPHAEA LOTUS EXTRACT; PARKIA BIGLOBOSA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACALYPHA WILKESIANA; AFRAMOMUM MELEGUETA; AGERATUM CONYZOIDES; ANNONA SENEGALENSIS; ANOGEISSUS LEIOCARPA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BARK; BRIDELIA FERRUGINEA; CAPSICUM FRUTESCENCE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOLAENA ODORATA; COCONUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRASSOCEPHALUM CREPIDIOIDES; CYTOTOXICITY; DATURA STRAMONIUM; DICHROSTACHYS GLOMERATA; DIOSCOREA HIRTIFLORA; DIOSPYROS CANALICULATA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; EUPHORBIA HETEROPHYLLA; EUPHORBIA POISSONII; FICUS ASPERIFOLIA; FLABELLARIA PANICULATA; FRUIT; HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; JATROPHA CURCAS; LAWSONIA INERMIS; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORINDA LUCIDA; NEUTRAL RED ASSAY; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; NYMPHAEA LOTUS; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM; OLAX SUBSCORPIOIDES; PAPAYA; PARKIA BIGLOBOSA; PILIOSTIGMA THONNINGII; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SIDA ACUTA; SKIN FIBROBLAST; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOMATO; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRIDAX PROCUMBENS; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA; WATERMELON; WOUND HEALING; XYLOPIA AETHIOPICA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIA; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NIGERIA; PICRATES; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOUND HEALING;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BRIDELIA FERRUGINEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PARKIA BIGLOBOSA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 80052029940     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.03.073     Document Type: Article

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