| Title |
Some southern African plant species used to treat helminth infections in ethnoveterinary medicine have excellent antifungal activities
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, November 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6882-12-213 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Mathew Adamu, Vinasan Naidoo, Jacobus N Eloff |
| Abstract |
Diseases caused by microorganisms and parasites remain a major challenge globally and particularly in sub-Saharan Africa to man and livestock. Resistance to available antimicrobials and the high cost or unavailability of antimicrobials complicates matters. Many rural people use plants to treat these infections. Because some anthelmintics e.g. benzimidazoles also have good antifungal activity we examined the antifungal activity of extracts of 13 plant species used in southern Africa to treat gastrointestinal helminth infections in livestock and in man. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 50% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 76 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 12% |
| Researcher | 6 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 6 | 8% |
| Professor | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 15 | 20% |
| Unknown | 25 | 33% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 21 | 28% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 9% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 6 | 8% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 3% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 10 | 13% |
| Unknown | 28 | 37% |
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