Antimicrobial activity of Ximenia americana

Antibacterial activities of medicinal plants used for the treatment of diarrhoea in Limpopo Province, South Africa

“…Our results agree with those that have reported the susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus and Shigella dysentery to some plant extracts (Ilori et al, 1996;Machado et al, 2003;Omer and Elnima, 2003). In the present study, it was found that Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhy, Gram-negative bacteria resistant to erythromycin, were also resistant to all extracts of Elephantorrhiza elephantina, Elephantorrhiza burkei, Ximenia caffra and Schotia brachypetala except for water extract of Elephantorrhiza elephantina and Elephantorrhiza burkei.…”

Anti-bacterial activity of Euphorbia fusiformis—A rare medicinal herb

“…Among them, the methanol extract was found to be more active followed by acetone and other extracts. These results confirmed the results of earlier studies that methanol is a better solvent for more consistent extraction of anti-microbial substances from medicinal plants compared to other extracts (Ahmad et al, 1998;Eloff, 1998;Lin et al, 1999;Karaman et al, 2003;Omer and Elnima, 2003).…”

Versatility and consensus of the use of medicinal plants in an area of cerrado in the Chapada do Araripe, Barbalha - CE- Brazil

“…Among the species with relative importance in this research, some have pharmacological studies that demonstrate a variety of activities, for example, both bark extracts and leaves of X. americana have proven antifungal activity (Omer and Elnima, 2003). H. drasticus tests have presented its anti-inflammatory, gastroprotective and antinociceptive effects (Lucetti et al, 2010;Colares et al, 2008), and this research corroborates with the therapeutic indications mentioned by informants for treating ulcer, gastritis and wounds.…”