Antimicrobial evaluation of plants used for the treatment of diarrhoea in a rural community in northern Maputaland, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  van Vuuren, Sandy F ^a   Nkwanyana, Mduduzi N ^b   de Wet, Helene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Diarrhoea; Northern Maputaland; Synergy

Indexed keywords

ACACIA BURKEI EXTRACT; ACANTHOSPERMUM GLABRATUM EXTRACT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BRACHYLAENA TRANSVAALENSIS EXTRACT; DICHLOROMETHANE; GUAVA EXTRACT; KRAUSEOLA MOSAMBICINA EXTRACT; METHANOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; SCLEROCARYA BIRREA EXTRACT; TERMINALIA SERICEA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACACIA; ACACIA BURKEI; ACANTHOSPERMUM GLABRATUM; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BRACHYLAENA TRANSVAALENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG SCREENING; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GUAVA; KRAUSEOLA MOSAMBICINA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEUS VULGARIS; RURAL POPULATION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SCLEROCARYA BIRREA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SOUTH AFRICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA SERICEA; AFRICAN MEDICINE; BACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECTS; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84925035709     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12906-015-0570-2     Document Type: Article

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