Medicinal Chemistry

Garba S

Publications

• Research Article
  Antidiarrhoeal Activities of Some Medicinal Plants
  Author(s): Garba S, Salihu L and Shoge MGarba S, Salihu L and Shoge M
  
  The phytochemical screening, extraction and antimicrobial analysis of the crude extracts from the seeds and pods of Acacia nilotica Linn, the roots of Uvaria afzelii Sc and Terminalia avicennioides Guill & Perr were carried out using standard methods. The results of the phytochemical screening showed that the plants contained saponins, flavonoids, phenols, tannins, terpenoids and triterpenoids. The results of the antibacterial screening showed that the ethyl acetate extract of Acacia nilotica Linn exhibited the highest activities against the test microbes with zones of inhibition diameter ranging from 27-32 mm. It was closely followed by the ethyl acetate extract of Terminalia aviccenoides with zones of inhibition diameter ranging from 25-30 mm and finally, the ethyl acetate extract of Uvaria afzelii with zones of inhibition ranging from 24-29 mm... Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-0444.1000001

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