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Antimicrobial activity of the Maniltoa schefferi extracts.

Khan MR, Omoloso AD, Barewai Y

Institute of Chemical Sciences, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan. rafikhan43@hotmail.com

All fractions of Maniltoa schefferi exhibited a broad spectrum of antibacterial activity. Good activity was demonstrated by the petrol and dichloromethane fractions of seed pods, seeds with coat and by methanol fractions of stem heartwood, root bark, root heartwood and stem bark whose butanol fraction was equally good. None of the fractions showed any antifungal activity.

Published 5 June 2006 in Fitoterapia, 77(4): 324-6.
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