Chemical variation in selected Karoo medicinal plants

Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Potential of Selected Medicinal Plants

Different extracts from five medicinal plants were investigated for their antibacterial and antifungal activities by agar diffusion and microdilution methods. The extracts selectively exhibited antibacterial effect and the most active was the aqueous-acetone extract of Euphorbia balsalmifera against the Gram-negative bacteria Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumonia and Pseudomonas aeruginosa wit...

Some Selected Medicinal Plants with Antidiabetic Potentials

Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder that is characterized by hyperglycemia associat‐ ed with impairment in insulin secretion and/or insulin action as well as aberrations in intermediary metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins and lipids. Several reports indicate that annual incidence rate of diabetes mellitus will increase in the future worldwide, especial‐ ly in the developing countries [1...

Antimicrobial Studies of Some Selected Medicinal Plants

Antimicrobial activities were detected in the 80% ethanolic extract of Achyranthes aspera, Ficus glomerata, Leucas aspera, Thespesia populnea and Zizyphus jujube against Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae and salmonella typhi. The treatments resulted in the formation of various inhibitory zones, in contrast to the control where no inhibitory zone was observed.

WHO monographs on selected medicinal plants

WHO monographs on selected medicinal plants