Selected southern African medicinal plants with low cytotoxicity and good activity against bovine mastitis pathogens

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 111, Issue , 2017, Pages 242-247

  Sserunkuma, P ^a   McGaw, L J ^a,b   Nsahlai, I V ^a   Van Staden, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Bovine mastitis; Cytotoxicity; Ethnoveterinary medicine

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; BARK; BIOASSAY; CATTLE; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; DECIDUOUS TREE; EXTRACTION; LABORATORY METHOD; MEDICINAL PLANT; PATHOGEN; TOXICITY;

ACACIA NILOTICA; ALOE ARBORESCENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; CRASSULA MULTICAVA; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; MAMMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEUS VULGARIS; STREPTOCOCCUS UBERIS; TETRADENIA RIPARIA;

EID: 85016418612     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2017.03.032     Document Type: Article

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