Ethnobotanical drug discovery based on medicine men's trials in the African savanna: screening of east African plants for antimicrobial activity II

M Taniguchi; I Kubo

doi:10.1021/np50099a012

Ethnobotanical drug discovery based on medicine men's trials in the African savanna: screening of east African plants for antimicrobial activity II

J Nat Prod. 1993 Sep;56(9):1539-46. doi: 10.1021/np50099a012.

Authors

M Taniguchi¹, I Kubo

Affiliation

¹ Faculty of Science, Osaka City University, Japan.

PMID: 8254349
DOI: 10.1021/np50099a012

Abstract

Antimicrobial activity of a number of East African plants was evaluated. The plants collected based on information provided by medicine men showed a much higher probability of finding active extracts than the plants collected randomly.

MeSH terms

Africa, Eastern
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Bacteria / drug effects
Medicine, Traditional*
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Plant Extracts / pharmacology
Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Plant Extracts