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An ethnobotanical survey of Bauchi State herbal plants and their antimicrobial activity

Journal of Ethnopharmacology 99(1):1-4. DOI:10.1016/j.jep.2004.12.025

ABSTRACT A survey of medicinal plants used locally in the treatment of various diseases was carried out in Bauchi State—Nigeria. A total of 84 medicinal plants were listed. Preliminary antimicrobial activity of the aqueous extracts of the plants was investigated. The results indicated that out of 84 plants, 75 exhibited antimicrobial activity against one or more of the test organisms at a concentration of 200 mg/ml. The extracts were found to show potentially interesting activity against Proteus mirabilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli.

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Keywords

75 exhibited antimicrobial activity
 
84 medicinal plants
 
84 plants
 
Bauchi State—Nigeria
 
medicinal plants
 
plants
 
Preliminary antimicrobial activity
 
Proteus mirabilis
 
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
 
Staphylococcus aureus
 

Harami M Adamu