J Nat Prod. 1993 Sep; 56(9): 1539-46.

Ethnobotanical drug discovery based on medicine men's trials in the African savanna: screening of east African plants for antimicrobial activity II.

Taniguchi M, Kubo I.

Faculty of Science, Osaka City University, Japan.

Antimicrobial activity of a number of East African plants was evaluated. The plants collected based on information provided by medicine men showed a much higher probability of finding active extracts than the plants collected randomly.