[PDF][PDF] Does host plant affect the antibacterial activity of Tapinanthus bangwensis (Engl. and K. Krause) Danser (Loranthaceae)

MO Efuntoye, AE Ayodele… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2010 - academicjournals.org
Journal of Medicinal plants research, 2010academicjournals.org
Herbal medicine is an alternative form of therapy and has become the mainstream
throughout the world due to the growing resistance of pathogens to conventional antibiotics
(De Smet, 2002). The screening of plant extracts and plant products for their antimicrobial
activity has in most cases involved higher plants, many of which have shown clinical
relevance as sources of potential chemotherapeutic agents (Essawi and Srour, 2000;
Srinivasan et al., 2001; Hamil et al., 2003; Arias et al., 2004; Shilpi et al., 2006; Van wyk …
Herbal medicine is an alternative form of therapy and has become the mainstream throughout the world due to the growing resistance of pathogens to conventional antibiotics (De Smet, 2002). The screening of plant extracts and plant products for their antimicrobial activity has in most cases involved higher plants, many of which have shown clinical relevance as sources of potential chemotherapeutic agents (Essawi and Srour, 2000; Srinivasan et al., 2001; Hamil et al., 2003; Arias et al., 2004; Shilpi et al., 2006; Van wyk, 2008; Kosalge and Fursule, 2009). The development of herbal products is dependent on local botanical flora. Medicinal plants are distributed worldwide and many abound in tropical countries. Nigeria has a rich variety of medicinal plants distributed in the different geoecological regions of the country. The Loranthaceae constitutes the largest group of parasitic plants with about 950 distributed in 77 genera (Engone et al., 2006). Some Loranthaceae are known to be real pestilences in the natural forests, plantations,
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