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Antibacterial activity of crude extracts of some South African medicinal plants against multidrug resistant etiological agents of diarrhoea

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, June 2017
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Title
Antibacterial activity of crude extracts of some South African medicinal plants against multidrug resistant etiological agents of diarrhoea
Published in
BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, June 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12906-017-1802-4
Pubmed ID
28629407
Authors

Mary A. Bisi-Johnson, Chikwelu L. Obi, Babatunde B Samuel, Jacobus N. Eloff, Anthony I. Okoh

Abstract

This study evaluated the antibacterial activity of some plants used in folklore medicine to treat diarrhoea in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. The acetone extracts of Acacia mearnsii De Wild., Aloe arborescens Mill., A. striata Haw., Cyathula uncinulata (Schrad.) Schinz, Eucomis autumnalis (Mill.) Chitt., E. comosa (Houtt.) Wehrh., Hermbstaedtia odorata (Burch. ex Moq.) T.Cooke, Hydnora africana Thunb, Hypoxis latifolia Wight, Pelargonium sidoides DC, Psidium guajava L and Schizocarphus nervosus (Burch.) van der Merwe were screened against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Enterococcus faecalis, multi-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Isangi, S. typhi, S. enterica serovar Typhimurium, Shigella flexneri type 1b and Sh. sonnei phase II. A qualitative phytochemical screening of the plants extracts was by thin layer chromatography. Plants extracts were screened for antibacterial activity using serial dilution microplate technique and bioautography. The TLC fingerprint indicated the presence of terpenoids and flavonoids in the herbs. Most of the tested organisms were sensitive to the crude acetone extracts with minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values ranging from 0.018-2.5 mg/mℓ. Extracts of A. striata, C. uncinulata, E. autumnalis and P. guajava were more active against enteropathogens. S. aureus and Sh. flexneri were the most sensitive isolates to the crude extracts but of significance is the antibacterial activity of A. arborescens and P. guajava against a confirmed extended spectrum betalactamase positive S. enterica serovar Typhimurium. The presence of bioactive compounds and the antibacterial activity of some of the selected herbs against multidrug resistant enteric agents corroborate assertions by traditional healers on their efficacies.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 126 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 17 13%
Researcher 13 10%
Student > Bachelor 11 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 6%
Student > Postgraduate 7 6%
Other 28 22%
Unknown 42 33%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 15 12%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 14 11%
Immunology and Microbiology 9 7%
Medicine and Dentistry 9 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 8 6%
Other 20 16%
Unknown 51 40%

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 June 2017.
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#17,899,796
of 22,982,639 outputs
Outputs from BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
#2,360
of 3,641 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#226,600
of 316,590 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
#75
of 123 outputs
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