Antimicrobial activity of organic total extracts of three Kenyan medicinal plants
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2012Author
Matu, Esther N
Kirira, Peter G
Kigondu, Elizabeth V M
Moindi, Enoch
Amugune, Beatrice
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Traditional healers have used plants to prevent or treat infectious diseases since time immemorial. Natural products of plant origin are therefore a potential source of novel antimicrobial agents.These results partially support the reported traditional medicinal use of these plants and shows that they are potential sources of new antimicrobial agents
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African journal of pharmacology and therapeuticsPublisher
Kenya Medical research Institute, Centre for Traditional Medicine and Drugs Research Department of pharmaceutical chemistry, school of pharmacy, University of Nairobi
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- Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) [10378]