Antibacterial activity of Venda medicinal plants

Vanessa Steenkamp; Anthony C Fernandes; Constance E J van Rensburg

doi:10.1016/j.fitote.2007.02.014

Antibacterial activity of Venda medicinal plants

Fitoterapia. 2007 Dec;78(7-8):561-4. doi: 10.1016/j.fitote.2007.02.014. Epub 2007 May 24.

Authors

Vanessa Steenkamp¹, Anthony C Fernandes, Constance E J van Rensburg

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pharmacology, University of Pretoria, South Africa. vsteen@med.up.ac.za

PMID: 17582701
DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2007.02.014

Abstract

Crude methanol and water extracts of 36 plants, employed in the treatment of diseases of probable bacterial etiology by the Venda people, were screened for antibacterial activity. Combretum molle, Peltophorum africanum, Piper capense, Terminalia sericea and Zanthoxylum davyi were the most active and presented MIC values < or =1.00 mg/ml.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Gram-Negative Bacteria / drug effects*
Gram-Positive Bacteria / drug effects*
Humans
Medicine, African Traditional
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Phytotherapy*
Plant Extracts / administration & dosage
Plant Extracts / pharmacology*
Plant Extracts / therapeutic use
Plants, Medicinal*
South Africa

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Plant Extracts