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PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING AND ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITIES OF CRUDE METHANOLIC EXTRACT OF PTELEOPSIS HABEENSIS (AUBREV EX KEAY) STEM BARK AGAINST DRUG RESISTANT BACTERIA AND FUNGI

Muhammad, S.L.


Herbal medicines have been in use since ancient times for many age related diseases for which no modern medicine or only palliative therapy is available. The screening of plants extracts has been of great interest to scientists for the discovery of new drugs effective in the treatment of several diseases. The leaves, fruits and stem barks of Pteleopsis habeensis were collected from Yankari Game Reserve Bauchi, Nigeria in June, 2012. The plant was authenticated at the Department of Biological sciences, Ahmad