This paper reviews the antimicrobial research undertaken on South African medicinal plants
during the period 1997–2008. Antimicrobial methods (disc diffusion, minimum inhibitory …

Tuberculosis is a highly infectious disease declared a global health emergency by the World
Health Organization, with approximately one third of the world's population being latently …

Ethanolic and aqueous (cold and hot) extracts of Landolphia owerrience root parts (whole-
root, root-bark and root-wood) were tested for activity against ten bacterial strains using agar …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Traditional medicine plays a critical role in treatment of
chronic debilitating and life threatening conditions and diseases. Cancer is one such …

Background & objectives: Emergence of multi-drug resistant (MDR) and extensively-drug
resistant (XDR) strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis has further complicated the problem …

Covering: 1990–2002This review covers the literature published between January 1990 and
December 2002 (inclusive) for natural products with reported antimycobacterial activity, with …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of the methanol extracts from
Ficus chlamydocarpa (FCR), Ficus cordata (FCB), mixture of the two plants (FCM), as well as …

AIM OF THE STUDY: Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the most difficult ailments to control
in the world today. The emergence of drug resistant strains has made previously effective …

Lantana hispida was fractionated by column chromatography and one of its fractions (FVI)
inhibited the growth of all the MDR-TB clinical isolates at concentrations up to 25 µg/mL …

The currently available anti-tuberculosis treatment (ATT) comprises exclusively of anti-
bacterial drugs, is very lengthy, has adverse side effects on the host and leads to the …