Antimicrobial activity of pentacyclic triterpenes isolated from Acacia mellifera

C Mutai, C Bii, G Rukunga, J Ondicho, P Mwitari… - African Journal of …, 2009 - ajol.info
Acacia mellifera has been used widely in traditional African medicines against various
diseases. Among the Kipsigis community of Kenya, water extracts from the plant is used for …

Antimicrobial activity of Acacia mellifera extracts and lupane triterpenes

C Mutai, C Bii, C Vagias, D Abatis, V Roussis - Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Acacia mellifera (Vahl) Benth (Leguminosae)
is a subtropical medicinal plant that is widely used in traditional African medicines against …

Antimicrobial activity of aqueous, ethanolic and methanolic leaf extracts from Acacia spp. and Eucalyptus nicholii

E Silva, S Fernandes, E Bacelar, A Sampaio - African journal of traditional …, 2016 - ajol.info
Background: In Europe, Acacia and Eucalyptus, originate large amounts of biomass, due to
their need by industries and other biological control, that can be used to extract antimicrobial …

[HTML][HTML] Pharmacological Assessment of the Medicinal Potential of Acacia mearnsii De Wild.: Antimicrobial and Toxicity Activities

OO Olajuyigbe, AJ Afolayan - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2012 - mdpi.com
Acacia mearnsii De Wild.(Fabaceae) is a medicinal plant used in the treatment of microbial
infections in South Africa without scientific validation of its bioactivity and toxicity. The …

[PDF][PDF] In vitro antibacterial activities of crude aqueous and ethanolic extracts of the stem bark of Acacia mearnsii De Wild

OO Olajuyigbe, AJ Afolayan - African Journal of Pharmacy …, 2011 - academicjournals.org
The antibacterial activities of both water and ethanol extracts of Acacia mearnsii de Wild
against Grampositive and Gram-negative bacteria were investigated. The two extracts were …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial activity of selected South African medicinal plants

TRH Nielsen, V Kuete, AK Jäger, JJM Meyer… - BMC complementary and …, 2012 - Springer
Background Nearly 3,000 plant species are used as medicines in South Africa, with
approximately 350 species forming the most commonly traded and used medicinal plants. In …

[HTML][HTML] Antibacterial and antibiofilm activity of acetone leaf extracts of nine under-investigated south African Eugenia and Syzygium (Myrtaceae) species and their …

IM Famuyide, AO Aro, FO Fasina, JN Eloff… - … and alternative medicine, 2019 - Springer
Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) remains an important global health issue but
the gap between AMR and development of new antimicrobials is increasing. Plant extracts …

[PDF][PDF] Evaluation of Methanolic Extracts of six medicinal plants used by herbal practitioners in central province-Kenya

E Omwenga, RM Mariita, L Alaro, PO Okemo - 2011 - ir-library.ku.ac.ke
The antimicrobial effects of selected medicinal plants commonly used by herbal practitioners
in central province Kenya was evaluated on different bacterial strains-Staphylococcus …

[PDF][PDF] In vivo screening of antibacterial activity of Acacia mellifera (BENTH)(Leguminosae) on human pathogenic bacteria

S Lalitha, K Rajeshwaran, PS Kumar… - Global Journal of …, 2010 - researchgate.net
Antibacterial evaluation of the methanolic extract and aqueous fractions of the whole plant of
the Acacia melifera was carried out using the agar-well diffusion method. The extracts and …

[HTML][HTML] Acetone leaf extracts of some South African trees with high activity against Escherichia coli also have good antimycobacterial activity and selectivity index

IL Elisha, FS Botha, B Madikizela, LJ McGaw… - … and alternative medicine, 2017 - Springer
Background Tuberculosis is a world-wide problem affecting humans and animals. There is
increasing development of resistance of the pathogens to current antimycobacterial agents …