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D A Akinpelu1, E M Obuotor

  • 1Department of Microbiology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. dakinpel@oauife.edu.ng

Fitoterapia
|August 5, 2000
PubMed

Abstract:

Piliostigma thonningii stem bark 60% methanolic extract exhibited activity against six out of eight bacterial isolates at a concentration of 20 mg/ml.

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