| anti-microbial activity and anti-complement activity of extracts obtained from selected hawaiian medicinal plants. | selected plants having a history of use in polynesian traditional medicine for the treatment of infectious disease were investigated for anti-viral, anti-fungal and anti-bacterial activity in vitro. extracts from scaevola sericea, psychotria hawaiiensis, pipturus albidus and eugenia malaccensis showed selective anti-viral activity against herpes simplex virus-1 and 2 and vesicular stomatitis virus. aleurites moluccana extracts showed anti-bacterial activity against staphylococcus aureus and pseu ... | 1995 | 8786654 |