Bacteria major human illnesses, particularly in Africa and the Middle East areas Resistance and multi-resistant strains of bacteria continue to emerge, requiring the constant search and development of new treatments. The discovery of novel antimicrobial chemicals from diverse sources, such as bacteria, animals and plants, has been pursued extensively. Folk medicine is one of these useful sources of information and healing. New useful compounds might be discovered by conducting systematic screening of them (Tomoko et al.,2002). Some 77% of the active ingredients in plants were found after the ethnomedical applications of the plants began to be studied, according to one estimate (Cordell et al.,2000). There are an estimated 250,000 to 500,000 plant species on Earth, but only a tiny fraction (1 to 10 percent) of these are consumed as food by humans and other animal species, leaving a vast potential for the creation of medicinal plant products (Heinrich&Gibbons et al.,2001). Antimicrobials derived from plants, as opposed to manufactured medications, offer fewer side effects and a greater therapeutic potential for treating a wide range of infectious disorders (Iwu et al.,1999).Plants that contain a broad range of secondary metabolites, such as tannins, terpenoids, alkaloids, and polyphenols, are typically thought to be better in their antibacterial properties (Cowan et al.,1999).
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