Ethnopharmacological study of plants from Pondoland used against diarrhoea

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-71

  Madikizela, B ^a   Ndhlala, A R ^a   Finnie, J F ^a   Van Staden, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory; Antibacterial activity; Cyclooxygenase; Diarrhoea; Mutagenicity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CLUTIA PULCHELLA EXTRACT; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1 INHIBITOR; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DAIS COTINIFOLIA EXTRACT; DICHLOROMETHANE; FICUS CRATEROSTOMA EXTRACT; HYDNORA AFRICANA EXTRACT; INDOMETACIN; MAESA LANCEOLATA EXTRACT; NEOMYCIN; PETROLEUM ETHER; PLANT EXTRACT; RAPANEA MELANOPHLOEOS EXTRACT; SEARSIA CHIRINDENSIS EXTRACT; STREPTOMYCIN; TECOMA CAPENSIS EXTRACT; TREMA ORIENTALIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; AMES TEST; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BROTH DILUTION; CLUTIA PULCHELLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIS COTINIFOLIA; DIARRHEA; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; FICUS CRATEROSTOMA; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HYDNORA AFRICANA; MAESA LANCEOLATA; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROSOME; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; RAPANEA MELANOPHLOEOS; SEARSIA CHIRINDENSIS; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SOUTH AFRICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TECOMA CAPENSIS; TREMA ORIENTALIS;

ALKANES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIDIARRHEALS; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITORS; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHANOL; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; METHYLENE CHLORIDE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SOLVENTS; SOUTH AFRICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FICUS CRATEROSTOMA; MAESA LANCEOLATA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; RAPANEA MELANOPHLOEOS; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84859737182     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.01.053     Document Type: Article

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