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Anti-microbial activity of Bidens pilosa, Bischofia javanica, Elmerillia papuana and Sigesbekia orientalis
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Anti-microbial activity of Bidens pilosa, Bischofia javanica, Elmerillia papuana and Sigesbekia orientalis

M R Khan, M Kihara and A D Omoloso
Fitoterapia, Vol.72(6), pp.662-665
01/08/2001
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0367-326X(01)00261-1
PMID: 11543964

Abstract

Animals Anti-Bacterial Agents Anti-Infective Agents - pharmacology Antiprotozoal Agents - pharmacology Asteraceae Euphorbiaceae Fungi - drug effects Gram-Negative Bacteria - drug effects Gram-Positive Bacteria - drug effects Humans Magnoliaceae Microbial Sensitivity Tests Parasitic Sensitivity Tests Phytotherapy Plant Bark - chemistry Plant Extracts - pharmacology Plant Leaves - chemistry Trichomonas vaginalis - drug effects
The ethanol extracts of Bidens pilosa (whole plant), Bischofia javanica (leaves), Elmerillia papuana (root bark) and Sigesbekia orientalis (whole plant) were partitioned (petrol, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate). The crude ethanolic extracts and all the obtained fractions showed a broad spectrum of antibacterial activity, the ethyl acetate fractions and the petrol fraction of E. papuana being the most effective. No activity was observed against the tested moulds.

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