Antibacterial activity of some Moroccan medicinal plants.
The extracts of 12 plants selected on the basis of the folk-medicine reports were examined for their antibacterial effects against eight pathogenic bacteria. The n-butanol extract of Calotropis procera flowers and the aqueous extract of Eugenia caryophyllata proved to be the most effective against the bacteria tested.
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Laboratory of Medicinal Plants and Phytochemistry, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, POB S2390, Marrakesh, Morocco. mlarhsini@hotmail.com
Oumoulid
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Lazrek
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Wataleb
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Bousaid
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Bekkouche
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Jana
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D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D019684:Magnoliopsida; D016488:Medicine, African Traditional; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009018:Morocco; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology; D010946:Plants, Medicinal
D010936:Plant Extracts