Showing papers on "Medicinal plants published in 1989"
TL;DR: This paper reviews the literature on recent antimicrobial plant products and medicinal plants used for the treatment of infectious diseases and includes accounts of extracts, essential oils and other active principles isolated from plants that have been used in folk medicine as antimicrobial agents.
Abstract: This paper reviews the literature on recent antimicrobial plant products (1978–1988) and medicinal plants used for the treatment of infectious diseases. The review includes accounts of extracts, essential oils and other active principles isolated from plants that have been used in folk medicine as antimicrobial agents. The name and part of the plants studied, the spectrum of activity, type of active compounds and methods used are discussed, as are their mechanisms of action.
150 citations
TL;DR: Crude hot water extracts from eight medicinal plants collected in Togo, West Africa, were examined for antimalarial properties against Plasmodium falciparum using an in vitro test and the activity differed with the plant species.
89 citations
TL;DR: Pourtant il est evident that les plantes medicinales forment une grande source potentielle, encore insuffisamment appliquee dans les Soins de the Sante Primaires.
60 citations
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TL;DR: The anti-inflamatory activity of some of the medicinal plants were assayed at a dose of 1000 mg/kg b.wt.
Abstract: The anti-inflamatory activity of some of the medicinal plants were assayed at a dose of 1000 mg/kg b.wt. in male albino rats using Carrageenin induced rat raw edema. Among the fifteen medicinal plants were found to be highly effective which are discussed in this paper.
10 citations
08 Dec 1989
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