Sulaiman, A. F. and Kazeem, Muinat O. and Waheed, M. A. and Temowo, Simisade O. and Azeez, Idris O. and Zubair, Faridat I. and Adeyemi, Temitope A. and Nyang, Azido and Adeyemi, O. S. (2014) Antimicrobial and toxic potential of aqueousextracts of Allium sativum, Hibiscus sabdariffa andZingiber officinale in Wistar rats. Journal of Taibah University for Science, 8. pp. 315-322. ISSN 1658-3655
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Antimicrobial and toxic potential of aqueous extracts of Allium sativum Hibiscus sabdariffa and Zingiber officinale in Wistar rats.pdf - Published Version Download (887kB) |
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Alliumsativum,HibiscussabdariffaandZingiberofficinalearemedicinalplantswithwideuseintraditionalmedicine;however,theincreasinguseofcrudeextractsfortraditionalmedicineapplicationsraisessafetyconcerns.WemadeapreliminarydeterminationofthephytochemicalconstituentsandantimicrobialandsafetyprofilesofaqueousextractsofA.sativum,H.sabdariffaandZ.officinale.TheextractswereadministeredorallytoWistarratsfor30days:acontrolgroupreceiveddistilledwater,threegroupsreceivedthethreeextract,andafifthgroupreceivedacombinationofthethreeextracts.Allthreeextracts,eitherindividuallyorincombination,hadantimicrobialactivity,andallextractsinfluencedtheactivitiesofmarkerenzymes.Theevidencelendscredencetouseoftheseplantsintraditionalmedicinebutalsosuggeststheprobabletoxicpotentialofcrudeplantextracts.©2014TaibahUniversity.ProductionandhostingbyElsevierB.V.Allrightsreserved.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history > QH426 Genetics |
| Depositing User: | Mr DIGITAL CONTENT CREATOR LMU |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Sep 2019 11:26 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Sep 2019 11:26 |
| URI: | https://eprints.lmu.edu.ng/id/eprint/2226 |
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