| shigellocidal properties of three nigerian medicinal plants: ocimum gratissimum, terminalia avicennoides, and momordica balsamina. | the prevalence of multidrug-resistant shigellae is an important concern in the treatment of shigellosis in many developing countries, and other therapies, including herbal agents, may provide an important alternative to antimicrobial agents. in this study, three nigerian medicinal plants: ocimum gratissimum, terminalia avicennoides, and momordica balsamina were investigated for their activities against multidrug-resistant shigella species isolated from patients with bacilliary dysentery in lagos ... | 2001 | 11855356 |
| effects of ocimum gratissimum l essential oil at subinhibitory concentrations on virulent and multidrug-resistant shigella strains from lagos, nigeria. | ocimum gratissimum leaf extracts have been extensively demonstrated to be effective against the various aetiologic agents of diarrhoea, including shigellae. however, the mechanism of the shigellocidal action of this plant remains to be understood. this study investigated the effects of o. gratissimum essential oil (eo) at subinhibitory concentrations of 0.75 and 1.0 microg/ml on virulence and multidrug-resistant strains of 22 shigella isolates from nigeria. compared with untreated shigella strai ... | 2003 | 12780522 |
| some nigerian plants of dermatologic importance. | according to the world health organization (who), 80% of the world's population uses medicinal plants in the treatment of diseases and, in african countries, this rate is much higher. in recent years, however, medicinal plants have represented a primary health source for the pharmaceutical industry. no less than 400 compounds derived from plants are currently used in the preparation of drugs, such as vincristine and vinblastine used in the treatment of cancer. nigerians still depend largely on c ... | 2007 | 17919209 |
| inventory of antidiabetic plants in selected districts of lagos state, nigeria. | this study reports an ethnobotanical survey by means of semi-structured questionnaire of medicinal plants in five districts of lagos state of nigeria reputed for the treatment of diabetes. 100 respondents from the predominantly yoruba tribe mostly males (76%) were knowledgeable in traditional treatment of diabetes. about half of the respondents with 20-30 years experience in treating diabetes used mainly herbs (96%) and have developed effective and easily recognised diagnostic tools. 92% of diab ... | 2009 | 19013225 |
| screening of crude extracts of six medicinal plants used in south-west nigerian unorthodox medicine for anti-methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus activity. | six nigerian medicinal plants terminalia avicennioides, phylantus discoideus, bridella ferruginea, ageratum conyzoides, ocimum gratissimum and acalypha wilkesiana used by traditional medical practitioners for the treatment of several ailments of microbial and non-microbial origins were investigated for in vitro anti-methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) activity. | 2005 | 15762997 |