Antimicrobial activity of some medicinal plants from Ghana

G H Konning; C Agyare; B Ennison

doi:10.1016/j.fitote.2003.07.001

Antimicrobial activity of some medicinal plants from Ghana

Fitoterapia. 2004 Jan;75(1):65-7. doi: 10.1016/j.fitote.2003.07.001.

Authors

G H Konning¹, C Agyare, B Ennison

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.

PMID: 14693222
DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2003.07.001

Abstract

The results of a preliminary antimicrobial screening of the methanol extracts of Aframomum melegueta, Piper guineense, Xylopia aethiopica, Zingiber officinale, medicinal plants of Ghana, are reported.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Anti-Infective Agents / administration & dosage
Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology*
Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use
Fruit
Ghana
Gram-Negative Bacteria / drug effects*
Gram-Positive Bacteria / drug effects*
Humans
Medicine, African Traditional
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Mitosporic Fungi / drug effects
Phytotherapy*
Plant Extracts / administration & dosage
Plant Extracts / pharmacology*
Plant Extracts / therapeutic use
Plant Roots
Plants, Medicinal*
Seeds

Substances

Anti-Infective Agents
Plant Extracts