Investigations of antimicrobial activity of some Cameroonian medicinal plant extracts against bacteria and yeast with gastrointestinal relevance

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 265-273

  Tekwu, Emmanuel Mouafo ^a   Pieme, Anatole Constant ^a   Beng, Véronique Penlap ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Anticandidal; Antimicrobial activity; Infectious diseases; Medicinal plants; Plant extract

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALBIZIA GUMMIFERA EXTRACT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FICUS EXASPERATA EXTRACT; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; GENTAMICIN; HEXANE; METHANOL; NAUCLEA LATIFOLIA EXTRACT; NYSTATIN; PLANT EXTRACT; RICINODENDRON HEUDELOTII EXTRACT; SENNA HIRSUTA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALBIZIA GUMMIFERA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BARK; CAMEROON; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FICUS EXASPERATA; IN VITRO STUDY; INTESTINE FLORA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NAUCLEA LATIFOLIA; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RICINODENDRON HEUDELOTII; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SENNA HIRSUTA; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ALBIZIA GUMMIFERA; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FICUS EXASPERATA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NAUCLEA LATIFOLIA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RICINODENDRON HEUDELOTII; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SENNA HIRSUTA; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84861991753     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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