Antidiarrhoeal Evaluation of Some Nigerian Medicinal Plants Used in Bini Traditional Folk Medicine

Authors

  • Flossy I. Obuekwe * aDepartment of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria bDepartment of Environment Health, Concordia University College of Alberta, 7128 Ada Boulevard, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada flossy.obuekwe@concordia.ab.ca; ify_obuekwe@yahoo.ca
  • huoma C. Onyejekwe I aDepartment of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria flossy.obuekwe@concordia.ab.ca;

Keywords:

antidiarrhoeal drugs, medicinal plants, Nigeria, Bini folk medicine

Abstract

. Four medicinal plants namely; Vernonia amygdalina, Psidium guajava, Chromolaena odorata and Anarcadium occidentale, commonly used for the treatment of diarrhoea in Bini traditional folk medicine in Nigeria were tested against Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Klebsiella aerogenes. The leaf extracts of P. guajava and A. occidentale completely inhibited the growth of all the organisms tested, while V. amygdalina inhibited the growth of K. aerogenes only. Metronidazole was used as the standard antidiarrhoeal drug. Glycosides were found in all the plant extracts. This study, favours the use of the leaf extracts of A. occidentale, P. guajava and V. amygdalina for the treatment of diarrhoea in Nigeria.

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Published

2008-06-26

How to Cite

Obuekwe, F. I., & Onyejekwe, huoma . C. (2008). Antidiarrhoeal Evaluation of Some Nigerian Medicinal Plants Used in Bini Traditional Folk Medicine. Biological Sciences - PJSIR, 51(3), 158–162. Retrieved from https://v2.pjsir.org/index.php/biological-sciences/article/view/661

Issue

Vol. 51 No. 3 (2008): Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research

Section

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