TI: Plants in Kano ethnomedicine; screening for antimicrobial activity and alkaloids.

AU: Hussain-HSN; Deeni-YY
AD: Department of Biological Sciences, Bayero University PMB 3011, Kano, Nigeria.
SO: International-Journal-of-Pharmacognosy. 1991, 29: 1, 51-56; 23 ref.
PY: 1991
LA: English

AB: The alcoholic extracts of 34 species, including many used in the Kano region to treat microbial diseases, were tested for in vitro activity against 13 indicator organisms (human and plant pathogens) and for the presence of alkaloids. The results are tabulated and discussed; 30 of the species showed antimicrobial activity and 19 of these contained alkaloids. Eight species showed antifungal activity. Leptadenia hastata, Cassia occidentalis, Adansonia digitata, Syzigium [Syzygium] guineense and Striga hermonthica were both antibacterial and antifungal.

DE: Medicinal-plants; antimicrobial-properties; Antifungal-properties; Antibacterial-properties; plant-extracts; antifungal-agents; Broadleaves-; plant-pathology
OD: Cassia-occidentalis; Adansonia-digitata; Striga-hermonthica
GE: Nigeria-
ID: Leptadenia-hastata; Syzygium-guineense
BT: plants; dicotyledons; angiosperms; Spermatophyta; Cassia; Leguminosae; Fabales; Adansonia; Bombacaceae; Malvales; Striga; Scrophulariaceae; Scrophulariales; West-Africa; Africa-South-of-Sahara; Africa
CC: FF000; HH400; FF040; FF600; SS200; KK110; KK540
CD: Plants-of-Economic-Importance-General; Control-by-Chemicals-and-Drugs; Plant-Composition; Pests,-Pathogens-and-Biogenic-Diseases-of-Plants; Agricultural-Products-Plant; Silviculture; Forest-Products-Miscellaneous,-including-Minor-Forest-Products
PT: Journal-article
IS: 0925-1618
UD: 950316
AN: 920313225