Plants traditionally used individually and in combination to treat sexually transmitted infections in northern Maputaland, South Africa: Antimicrobial activity and cytotoxicity

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 656-667

  Naidoo, D ^a   Van Vuuren, S F ^a   Van Zyl, R L ^a   De Wet, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Combination; Cytotoxicity; Medicinal plants; Sexually transmitted infection

Indexed keywords

ALBIZIA ADIANTHIFOLIA EXTRACT; ALOE MARLOTHII EXTRACT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIDENS PILOSA EXTRACT; CARICA PAPAYA EXTRACT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLEMATIS BRACHIATA EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA HYPERICIFOLIA EXTRACT; HYPOXIS HEMEROCALLIDEA EXTRACT; KIGELIA AFRICANA EXTRACT; METHANOL; MUSA ACUMINATA EXTRACT; OZOROA ENGLERI EXTRACT; PELTOPHORUM AFRICANUM EXTRACT; RANUNCULUS MULTIFIDUS EXTRACT; SARCOPHYTE SANGUINEA EXTRACT; SCLEROCARYA BIRREA EXTRACT; SENECIO SERRATULOIDES EXTRACT; SYZYGIUM BIRREA EXTRACT; SYZYGIUM CORDATUM EXTRACT; TABERNAEMONTANA ELEGANS EXTRACT; TRICHILIA DREGEANA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XIMENIA CAFFRA EXTRACT;

ALBIZIA ADIANTHIFOLIA; ALOE MARLOTHII; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL DEATH; CELL VIABILITY; CLEMATIS BRACHIATA; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG POTENTIATION; EMBRYO; EPITHELIUM CELL; EUPHORBIA HYPERICIFOLIA; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOXIS HEMEROCALLIDEA; IN VITRO STUDY; KIDNEY; KIDNEY EPITHELIUM; KIGELIA AFRICANA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OLIGELLA UREOLYTICA; OZOROA ENGLERI; PELTOPHORUM AFRICANUM; RANUNCULUS MULTIFIDUS; SARCOPHYTE SANGUINEA; SCLEROCARYA BIRREA; SENECIO SERRATULOIDES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; SYZYGIUM BIRREA; SYZYGIUM CORDATUM; TABERNAEMONTANA ELEGANS; TRICHILIA DREGEANA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; XIMENIA CAFFRA;

ALBIZIA ADIANTHIFOLIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; KIGELIA AFRICANA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OLIGELLA UREOLYTICA; PELTOPHORUM AFRICANUM; RANUNCULUS MULTIFIDUS; SCLEROCARYA BIRREA; SYZYGIUM CORDATUM; TRICHILIA DREGEANA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

1:1 MIXTURE OF DICHLOROMETHANE AND METHANOL; 3-[4,5-DIMETHYL-2-THIAZOL-YL]-2,5-DIPHENYL-2H-TETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; AD; ADDITIVE; AN; ANTAGONISTIC; ANTIMICROBIAL; CFU/ML; COLONY FORMING UNITS/ML; COMBINATION; CYTOTOXICITY; D:M; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DMSO; INT; IODONITROTETRAZOLIUM CHLORIDE; MEDICINAL PLANTS; MIC; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MTT; NI; NON-INTERACTIVE; S; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS; STIS; SYNERGISTIC; THE SUM OF THE FRACTIONAL INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; TRYPTONE SOYA BROTH.; TSB; ΣFIC;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUG SYNERGISM; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884416446     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.07.018     Document Type: Article

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