Biological screening of traditional preparations from some medicinal plants used as antidiarrhoeal in Kinshasa, Congo
| Autor: | Sandra Apers, K. Mesia, Luc Pieters, L. Tona, K. Kambu, T. De Bruyne, K. Cimanga, J. Totté, Arnold J. Vlietinck |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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Alchornea cordifolia medicine.drug_class Guinea Pigs Pharmaceutical Science In Vitro Techniques Plant Roots Plant Epidermis Ileum Drug Discovery Antidiarrhoeal Animals Medicine Amebicides Antidiarrheals Medicinal plants Pharmacology Psidium Euphorbia Plants Medicinal Bacteria biology Traditional medicine Plant Extracts business.industry Entamoeba histolytica Parasympatholytics Muscle Smooth biology.organism_classification Anti-Bacterial Agents Plant Leaves Voacanga africana Complementary and alternative medicine visual_art Democratic Republic of the Congo visual_art.visual_art_medium Molecular Medicine Female Bark Antispasmodic business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Phytomedicine |
| ISSN: | 0944-7113 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0944-7113(99)80036-1 |
| Popis: | Forty six aqueous extracts from 38 medicinal plant species belonging to different families were selected on the basis of their traditional medicinal use as antidiarrhoeic agents. They were submitted in a broad biological screening including antibacterial, antiamoebic and antispasmodic activities. The results of the testing have indicated that 37 extracts (80.43%), 33 (71.74%) and 32 (69.54%) exhibited some level of antibacterial, antiamoebic and antispasmodic activity respectively. Only 8 plant extracts (17.39%) would act as antidiarrhoeic agents by a triple pronounced antibacterial, antiamoebic and antispasmodic action. They include aqueous extracts from Euphorbia hirta whole plant, leaves of Psidium guajava and Tithonia diversifolia, root bark of Alchornea cordifolia, Heinsia pulchella, Paropsia brazzeana, Rauwolfia obscura and Voacanga africana. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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