Department of Chemistry, University of Nairobi, P. O. Box 30197, Nairobi, Kenya. ayenesew@uonbi.ac.ke
The chloroform extract of the stem bark of Erythrina burttii showed antifungal and antibacterial activities using the disk diffusion method. Flavonoids were identified as the active principles. Activities were observed against fungi and Gram(+) bacteria, but the Gram(-) bacteria Escherichia coli was resistant.