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Antibacterial and antifungal activity of traditional medicinal plants used against venereal diseases in South Africa
L.V. Buwa,J. Van Staden +1 more
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The aqueous extracts of Gunnera perpensa and Harpephyllum caffrum were most active against all the tested bacteria and in antifungal screening, good activity was shown by the ethanolic extracts of Bersama lucens and HarPEphyllums caffrums.About:
This article is published in Journal of Ethnopharmacology.The article was published on 2006-01-03. It has received 231 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Harpephyllum & Antibacterial agent.read more
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Antimicrobial activity of some ethnomedicinal plants used by Paliyar tribe from Tamil Nadu, India.
TL;DR: It is shown that Toddalia asiatica, Syzygium lineare, Acalypha fruticosa and Peltophorum pterocarpum could be potential sources of new antimicrobial agents.
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Antimicrobial activity of clove and rosemary essential oils alone and in combination
TL;DR: The time‐kill curves of clove and rosemary essential oils towards three strains showed clearly bactericidal and fungicidal processes of 1/2 × MIC, MIC, MBC and 2 × MIC.
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Antimicrobial activity of South African medicinal plants.
TL;DR: The antimicrobial research undertaken on South African medicinal plants during the period 1997–2008 is reviewed and studies focusing on geographical ethnobotany, specific pathogenesis, formulation aspects and in vivo investigations are examined.
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Synergistic antibacterial activity between Thymus vulgaris and Pimpinella anisum essential oils and methanol extracts
TL;DR: Combinations of essential oils and methanol extracts showed an additive action against most tested pathogens especially Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
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A broad review of commercially important southern African medicinal plants
TL;DR: Basic biological information is needed to guide the rapidly accelerating commercialization process, especially the selection of superior clones, the development of new cultivars and the standardization of raw materials.
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Manual of clinical microbiology
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From epidemiological synergy to public health policy and practice: the contribution of other sexually transmitted diseases to sexual transmission of HIV infection.
TL;DR: It is suggested that timely provision of STD services can substantially reduce HIV incidence, but raise additional questions about the optimal way to target and implement these services to achieve the greatest effect on HIV transmission.
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A sensitive and quick microplate method to determine the minimal inhibitory concentration of plant extracts for bacteria
TL;DR: A micro-dilution technique was developed using 96-well microplates and tetrazolium salts to indicate bacterial growth and was useful in screening plants for antimicrobial activity and for the bioassay-guided isolation of antimicrobial compounds from plants.
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Impact of improved treatment of sexually transmitted diseases on HIV infection in rural Tanzania: randomised controlled trial
Heiner Grosskurth,Jim Todd,Ezra Mwijarubi,Philippe Mayaud,A. Nicoll,G Ka-Gina,J. Newell,Denise Mabey,Richard J. Hayes,Frank Mosha,Kesheni P. Senkoro,John Changalucha,Klokke Ah,Kokungoza Mugeye +13 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that improved STD treatment reduced HIV incidence by about 40% in this rural population of Tanzania, the first randomised trial to demonstrate an impact of a preventive intervention on HIV incidence in a general population.
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Epidemiological synergy. Interrelationships between human immunodeficiency virus infection and other sexually transmitted diseases.
TL;DR: Preliminary data from 83 reports on the impact of HIV infection on STDs suggest that, at a community level, HIV infection may increase the prevalence of some STDs (e.g., genital ulcerative and nonulcerative STDs), and if the same STDs facilitate transmission of HIV, these infections may greatly amplify one another.