title: In vitro antimicrobial activity of certain medicinal plants from eastern Ghats, India, used for skin diseases.
abstract: The paper deals with ethnopharmacological and antimicrobial properties of certain medicinal plants used by adivasi tribes of the Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India. Ethanolic extracts of 23 crude drug samples used for various skin diseases were assayed for antimicrobial activity against four bacterial and one fungal human pathogens.
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur 515003, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jeevan Ram
authors.forename: L Md
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Bhakshu
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Venkata Raju
mesh_terms: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007407:Interviews as Topic / Q000379:methods; D008517:Phytotherapy / Q000379:methods; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018514:Plant Structures; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D010936:Plant Extracts