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Antimicrobial activity of Boswellia dalziellii stem bark
E A Adelakun1, E A Finbar, S E Agina
1Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria. adelakun@unijos.edu.ng
Fitoterapia
|October 26, 2001
Abstract:
The methanol and aqueous extracts of Boswellia dalziellii stem bark showed broad spectrum inhibiting activity against bacteria, both Gram-positive and Gram-negative, and fungi.
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