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Antimicrobial activity of Loranthus micranthus harvested from kola nut tree
1Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria. mkemamaka@yahoo.com
Fitoterapia
|November 1, 2005
Abstract:
Various solvent extracts of Loranthus micranthus exhibited varying degrees of antimicrobial activity. Only the petroleum ether extract showed antifungal activity. The methanol extract showed the best antimicrobial activity against Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis.
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