<em>In vitro</em> Antimicrobial Activity of<em> Cassia alata, Lantana camara</em> and <em>Mitracarpus scaber</em> Against <em>Dermatophilus congolensis</em> Isolated in Benin
The authors compared the in vitro antibacterial activity of aqueous and alcoholic extracts of leaves of Cassia alata, Lantana camara and Mitracarpus scaber on Dermatophilus congolensis – a Gram-positive bacteria that causes bovine dermatophilosis – with that of oxytetracyclin and procain benzylpenic...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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CIRAD
2002-03-01
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| Series: | Revue d’Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux |
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| Online Access: | http://revues.cirad.fr/index.php/REMVT/article/view/9822 |
| Summary: | The authors compared the in vitro antibacterial activity of aqueous and alcoholic extracts of leaves of Cassia alata, Lantana camara and Mitracarpus scaber on Dermatophilus congolensis – a Gram-positive bacteria that causes bovine dermatophilosis – with that of oxytetracyclin and procain benzylpenicillin. Crude alcoholic extracts of C. alata, L. camara and M. scaber were more effective on D. congolensis than aqueous extracts. On a strain isolated from infected animals, the inhibiting zones diameters were 14–20 mm and 20–24 mm for aqueous and alcoholic extracts at 500 mg/ml, respectively. Both M. scaber extracts showed a higher antibacterial activity on D. congolensis than those of C. alata and L. camara. In vitro antibacterial activity of crude alcoholic extracts of M. scaber at 500 mg/ml on D. congolensis was equivalent to that of procain benzylpenicillin at 800 mg/ml, and about 10–15 times lower than that of oxytetracyclin. |
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| ISSN: | 0035-1865 1951-6711 |