ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICINAL PLANTS ACCENTUATING ASPECTS RELATING TO METHODOLOGY
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| Title | ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICINAL PLANTS ACCENTUATING ASPECTS RELATING TO METHODOLOGY |
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| Abstract | A review of the antimicrobial research undertaken on South African medicinal plants validates the traditional medicinal practices used to treat infectious diseases. The various microbiological techniques such as disc diffusion, minimum inhibitory concentration, time-kill and synergy assays commonly used when assessing the antimicrobial activity will be presented with reference to their application in studies on South African medicinal plants. Antimicrobial investigations on extracts are presented where the most active plants are identified from a number of screening studies. Some extracts from indigenous medicinal plants (Croton gratissimus, Tarchonanthus camphoratus) have been selected to demonstrate antimicrobial activity. Antimicrobial activities on the essential oils of some of the most widely used indigenous medicinal aromatic plants are reviewed with emphasis on Osmitopsis asteriscoides and Artemisia afra. A summary of some bioactive compounds, isolated from South African medicinal plants, with antimicrobial activities |
| Publisher | African Ethnomedicines Network |
| Date | 2009-06-07 |
| Source | African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative medicines (AJTCAM) ABSTRACTS OF THE WORLD CONGRESS ON MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS, CAPE TOWN NOVEMBER 2008 |
| Rights | Articles can be used for educational and non-comercial purposes. The copyrights of articles are retained by the authors with publication rights granted to AJTCAM. |