title: Screening of selected medicinal plants of Nepal for antimicrobial activities.
abstract: In an ethnopharmacological screening of selected medicinal plants used in Nepal, methanol extracts from 21 plant species were assayed for activity against 8 strains of bacteria and 5 strains of fungi. Duplicate assays were conducted with and without exposure to UV-A radiation to test for light-activated or light-enhanced activity. All 21 of the extracts showed activity against at least 2 bacterial strains, and 20 showed activity against at least 2 fungi. Six extracts were active only when exposed to UV-A light, and the antibiotic or antifungal effect of 14 extracts was enhanced upon exposure to light.
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: N P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Manandhar
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Towers
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D005658:Fungi / Q000187:drug effects; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D000432:Methanol; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009390:Nepal; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000145:classification
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000935:Antifungal Agents; D010936:Plant Extracts; D000432:Methanol