PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS AND ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITIES OF ACALYPHA WILKESIANA AGAINST CLINICAL ISOLATES OF CANDIDA ALBICANS

Akah, Lucy (2018) PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS AND ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITIES OF ACALYPHA WILKESIANA AGAINST CLINICAL ISOLATES OF CANDIDA ALBICANS. Akah lucy. (Submitted)

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Abstract

The use and history of herbs dates back to the time of early man, who had the crudest tools as his implements and used stones to start his fire. Herbs were used in a raw state and cooked forms to keep fit. Since that time, the use of herbs has been known and accepted by all nations and has been known also as the first art of treatment available to man (Kafaru, 1994). The search for natural products to cure diseases has received considerable attentions in which plants have been the most important source (Okwu, 2001). Herbal preparations form the basis for many therapeutic drugs and are the first line treatment for many of the world’s population, being readily available and relatively inexpensive (Olaniyi, 1998; Okpara et al., 2007). Herbal medicinal products are assuming greater roles in the lives of the people across the world in the face of global upsurge of drug resistance, toxicity, adverse effects and increasing costs of synthetic products (Mbi, 1998). In Nigeria, several thousands of plant species have been claimed to possess medicinal properties and employed in the treatment of many ailments (Oludare, 2011). Many of these indigenous medicinal plants are used as spices and food plants and for medicinal purposes (Nwaogu, 20l7). Medicinal plants are believed to be an essential source of new chemical substances with potential therapeutic effects (Winston, 2008). Medicinal plants are defined as plants in which one or more of its organs contain substances that can be used for therapeutic purposes or which its precursors for the manufacturing of drugs are useful for disease therapy (Sofowora, l982; Balandrin, 1985). Since medicinal plants do not just nearly save people from the effect of the pathogenic organism but permit them to emerge unscathed, they deserve investigation. The local use of natural plants as primary health remedies as a result of their pharmacological properties is quite common in Asia, Latin America, and Africa (Bibitha, 2002).

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	R Medicine > RZ Other systems of medicine
Depositing User:	Miss Lucyann Akah
Date Deposited:	25 Jul 2018 06:35
Last Modified:	25 Jul 2018 10:15
URI:	http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/341

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