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Traditional medicine in North Côte-d'Ivoire: screening of 50 medicinal plants for antibacterial activity
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Koné, W.M.
Kamanzi Atindehou, K.
Terreaux, C.
Hostettmann, Kurt
Traoré, D.
Dosso, M.
Published in Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 2004, vol. 93, no. 1, p. 43 - 49
Abstract Sixty-seven crude ethanol extracts from 50 plants (31 families), which are used in North Cote-d'Ivoire as traditional remedies for bacterial diseases, were screened for in vitro activity against Gram negative (Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa) and Gram positive (Staphyloccocus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis, Streptococcus pyogenes and Bacillus subtilis) bacteria. Thirty-one extracts showed antibacterial activity only on Gram positive bacteria. Of these, 10 extracts from 10 plant species had a promising level of activity against bacteria including strains resistant to antibiotics such as aminosides, penicillin M, macrolides, lincosamide and streptrogramin B. The most active was Erythrina senegalensis DC (Fabaceae) followed by Bobgunnia madagascariensis (Desv.) J.H. Kirkbr. & Wiersema (Caesalpinaceae), Waltheria lanceolata R. Br. ex Mast. (Sterculiaceae), Uapaca togoensis Pax. (Euphorbiaceae), Ximenia americana L. (Olacaceae), Khaya senegalensis (Ders.) A. Juss. (Meliaceae), Lannea acida A. Rich. (Anacardiaceae), Cissus populnea Guill. & Pert. (Vitaceae), Keetia hispida (Benth.) Bridson (Rubiaceae) and Ficus thonningii (Miq.) A. Rich. (Moraceae). This is the first report of the antibacterial potency of these 10 plant species on a range of bacteria. The results provided evidence that some of the studied plants might indeed be potential sources of new antibacterial agents, also against some antibiotic-resistant strains. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
Keywords Antibacterial activity — Medicinal plants — Ferkessedougou — Côte-d'Ivoire — Swartzia-madagascariensis leguminosae — Laboratory observations — Erythrina
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(ISO format) 		KONÉ, W.M. et al. Traditional medicine in North Côte-d'Ivoire: screening of 50 medicinal plants for antibacterial activity. In: Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2004, vol. 93, n° 1, p. 43 - 49. https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:11672

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