title: Anti-fungal and anti-bacterial activity of some herbal remedies from Tanzania.
abstract: Plants are not only important to the millions of people to whom traditional medicine serves as the only opportunity for health care and to those who use plants for various purposes in their daily lives, but also as a source of new pharmaceuticals. During interviews with the Pare people from Northeastern Tanzania, 29 plants that are used for medicinal purposes as well as 41 plants used for non-medicinal purposes were reported. Six medicinally used plants were selected for bioactivity analysis. Extracts of Coccinia adoensis, Cineraria grandiflora, Pavonia urens, Marattia fraxinea, Clutia abyssinica var. usambarica, and Vangueria infausta were made using ethyl acetate, methanol, cold water and boiling water. The antimicrobial activity was tested on Candida albicans, Aspergillus fumigatus, Fusarium culmorum, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas syringae, and Erwinia amylovora. All plants showed activity against several test organisms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Systematic Botany, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18 D, SE-75236 Uppsala, Sweden. hugo@.deboer@ebc.uu.se
authors.forename: Hugo J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: de Boer
authors.forename: Anneleen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kool
authors.forename: Anders
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Broberg
authors.forename: William R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Mziray
authors.forename: Inga
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hedberg
authors.forename: Jolanta J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Levenfors
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D013636:Tanzania
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000935:Antifungal Agents; D010936:Plant Extracts