Pharmacol Res Commun. 1988 Dec; 20 Suppl 5(): 33-6.

Antibacterial activity of some African medicinal plants.

Forestieri AM, Pizzimenti FC, Monforte MT, Bisignano G.

Dipartimento Farmaco Biologico, UniversitÃ di Messina.

The antimicrobial activity of some drugs utilized in traditional African medicine and selected on the basis of medicinal folklore reports, have been studied, within a screening program. The distribution of the antimicrobial activity among gram-positive, gram-negative bacteria, yeasts and mycoplasma is reported.