AU: Anani-K; Hudson-JB; Souza-C-de; Akpagana-K; Tower-GHN; Arnason-JT; Gbeassor-M; de-Souza-C
AD: Faculte des Sciences et Centre de Recherche et de Formation sur les Plantes Medicinales (CERFOPLAM), Universite du Benin, Lome, Togo.
SO: Pharmaceutical-Biology. 2000, 38: 1, 40-45; 13 ref.
PY: 2000
LA: English
AB: Methanol extracts were prepared from 19 medicinal plants of Togo and, by means of standard laboratory tests, were analysed for antiviral and antibiotic activities. Ten of the 19 showed significant antiviral activity and all but 2 displayed antibiotic activity. Extracts of Adansonia digitata (the most potent), Conyza aegyptiaca and Palisota hirsuta, were active against all 3 test viruses (herpes simplex, Sindbis and poliovirus). The other 7, however, were more selective, showing activity against only 1 or 2 viruses. The antibiotic profiles varied considerably. The observation that each extract showed a distinctive permutation of target organisms suggests that different bioactive phytochemicals are present in each species. Only 2 of the extracts were devoid of bioactivity.

DE: medicinal-plants; extracts-; laboratory-tests; antiviral-properties; antiviral-plants; antifungal-properties; antifungal-plants; antibacterial-properties; antibacterial-plants
OD: Adansonia-; Adansonia-digitata; Conyza-; viruses-; Conyza-aegyptiaca; Commelinaceae-; herpes-simplex-virus; Sindbis-virus; polioviruses-
GE: Togo-
ID: Palisota-hirsuta; palisota
BT: Bombacaceae; Malvales; dicotyledons; angiosperms; Spermatophyta; plants; Adansonia; Asteraceae; Asterales; Conyza; Commelinales; monocotyledons; human-herpesvirus; Herpesviridae; viruses; Alphavirus; Togaviridae; Enterovirus; Picornaviridae; West-Africa; Africa-South-of-Sahara; Africa; Least-Developed-Countries; Developing-Countries; ACP-Countries; Francophone-Africa
CC: FF000; SS200; VV450; VV210; KK100; KK540; HH405; HH420
CD: Plant-Science-General; Non-food/Non-feed-Plant-Products; Animal-and-in-vitro-Models-for-Pharmaceuticals; Prion-Viral-Bacterial-and-Fungal-Pathogens-of-Humans; Forests-and-Forest-Trees-Biology-and-Ecology; Non-wood-Forest-Products; Pesticides-and-Drugs-Control; Pesticides-and-Drugs-Chemistry-and-Formulation
PT: Journal-article
UD: 20000928
AN: 20000311191