Microbial Load And Antimicrobial Property Of Two Nigerian Herbal Remedies
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Microbial load and antimicrobial property of two Nigerian herbal remedies.
The use of herbal remedies had increased significantly in the last one decade in Nigeria. This has led to the production of herbal products with bogus claims. The microbial quality and antibacterial properties of two Nigerian herbal remedies with such claimed efficacy of curing all manners of microbial diseases were assessed. The herbal remedies were discovered to be contaminated with the follo...
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عنوان ژورنال: African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0189-6016
DOI: 10.4314/ajtcam.v5i1.31259