Antibacterial and antifungal activity of traditional medicinal plants used against venereal diseases in South Africa

Activity of solvent extracts of Prosopis spicigera, Zingiber officinale and Trachyspermum ammi against multidrug resistant bacterial and fungal strains

“…The ability of the extracts to inhibit bacteria as well as fungus suggests the presence of broad spectrum antibiotic compounds. As reported earlier, our study also shows that Gram-positive bacteria are more sensitive than Gram-negative bacteria [1,27]. With the rise in the emergence of various multidrug resistant microorganisms and the scenario worsening through the indiscriminate use of antibiotics, new and/or alternative antimicrobial compounds must be developed to treat common infections.…”

Antibacterial and antifungal activities of different parts of Tribulus terrestris L. growing in Iraq

“…Maxipime (Hemofarm) at the concentration range of 0.01~5.00 mg/ml was prepared in Mueller-Hinton broth and used as standard drug for positive control. As an indicator of bacterial growth, 40 µl p-iodonitrotetrazolium (INT) violet dissolved in water was added to the wells and incubated at 37 °C for 30 min (Buwa and van Staden, 2006). The lowest concentration of each extract showing no growth was taken as its minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) and confirmed by plating 5 µl samples from clear wells on Mueller-Hinton agar medium.…”

Phytochemistry and antibacterial activity of extracts from medicinal plant Olea africana

“…Antibacterial activities of the extracts were determined by microbroth dilution assay as described by Buwa and Staden (2006). The four preserved strains of bacteria used were Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 87853, Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923 and Bacillus subtilis BCCM 1735.…”