ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF ESSENTIAL OILS OF XYLOPIA AETHIOPICA

Authors

  • Theophilus Christian Fleischer Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
  • Merlin Lincoln Kwao Mensah Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
  • Abraham Yeboah Mensah Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
  • Gustav Komlaga Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
  • Stephen Yao Gbedema Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
  • Helen skaltsa University of Athens

Keywords:

Xylopia aethiopica, Annonaceae, Essential oils, Antimicrobial activity.

Abstract

Xylopia aethiopica is a medicinal plant of great repute in West Africa which produces a variety of complex chemical compounds. The fresh and dried fruits, leaf, stem bark and root bark essential oils showed various degrees of activity against the Gram positive bacteria, Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus, the Gram negative bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa and the yeast-like fungus Candida albicans, using the cup plate method,. However, none of the oils showed activity against Escherichia coli.

Author Biographies

Theophilus Christian Fleischer, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Department of Herbal Medicine, Senior Lecturer

Merlin Lincoln Kwao Mensah, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Department of Herbal Medicine, Associate Professor

Abraham Yeboah Mensah, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Department of Pharmacognosy, Senior Lecturer

Gustav Komlaga, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Department of Pharmacognosy, Lecturer

Stephen Yao Gbedema, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Department of Pharmaceutics, Lecturer

Helen skaltsa, University of Athens

Department of Pharmacognosy and Chemistry of Natural Products, Associate Professor

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Published

2008-05-12

How to Cite

Fleischer, T. C., Mensah, M. L. K., Mensah, A. Y., Komlaga, G., Gbedema, S. Y., & skaltsa, H. (2008). ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF ESSENTIAL OILS OF XYLOPIA AETHIOPICA. African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines, 5(4), 391–393. Retrieved from https://athmsi.org/journals/index.php/ajtcam/article/view/243

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 4 (2008)

Section

Research Papers

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