Antibacterial activity of some African medicinal plants.
The antimicrobial activity of some drugs utilized in traditional African medicine and selected on the basis of medicinal folklore reports, have been studied, within a screening program. The distribution of the antimicrobial activity among gram-positive, gram-negative bacteria, yeasts and mycoplasma is reported.
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Dipartimento Farmaco Biologico, Università di Messina.
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D000349:Africa; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000187:drug effects; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D015003:Yeasts / Q000187:drug effects
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D010936:Plant Extracts