The antibacterial activity, antioxidant activity and selectivity index of leaf extracts of thirteen South African tree species used in ethnoveterinary medicine to treat helminth infections

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Adamu, Mathew ^a,b   Naidoo, Vinny ^a   Eloff, Jacobus N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEUCOSIDEA SERICEA; MAESA LANCEOLATA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRYCHNOS; VERMES;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; PLANT EXTRACT; VETERINARY DRUG;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ETHNOBOTANY; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PLANT LEAF; SOUTH AFRICA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIA; ETHNOBOTANY; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SOUTH AFRICA; VETERINARY DRUGS;

EID: 84897614853     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-10-52     Document Type: Article

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