An antimicrobial evaluation of plants used for the treatment of respiratory infections in rural Maputaland, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 118-127

  York, T ^a   Van Vuuren, S F ^b   De Wet, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Maputaland; Respiratory infections; Synergy

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOSPERMUM GLABRATUM EXTRACT; CLAUSENA ANISATA EXTRACT; CLEMATIS BRACHIATA EXTACT; COMBRETUM MOLLE EXTRACT; DICHLOROMETHANE; ERYTHRINA CAFFRA EXTRACT; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS EXTRACT; HELICHRYSUM KRAUSSII EXTRACT; HYPOXIS EXTRACT; KRAUSEOLA MOSAMBICINA EXTRACT; LIPPIA JAVANICA EXTRACT; METHANOL; OZOROA OBOVATA EXTRACT; PARINARI CAPENSIS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SANSEVIERIA HYACINTHOIDES EXTRACT; SCADOXIS PUNICEUS EXTRACT; SENECIO SERRATULOIDES EXTRACT; TERMINALIA SERICEA EXTRACT; TETRADENIA RIPARIA EXTRACT; TRICHILIA EMETICA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS; HYDRODISTILLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIPPIA JAVANICA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; OZOROA OBOVATA; PARINARI CAPENSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCLEROCARYA BIRREA; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TETRADENIA RIPARIA;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIPPIA JAVANICA; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; PARINARI; SCLEROCARYA BIRREA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TETRADENIA RIPARIA;

EID: 84867541096     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.08.038     Document Type: Article

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