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ArticleHeliyon2023

Antibacterial and phytochemical analysis of traditional medicinal plants: An alternative therapeutic Approach to conventional antibiotics.

Asaye Asfaw, Ermias Lulekal, Tamrat Bekele, Asfaw Debella, Asfaw Meresa, Bihonegn Sisay, Sileshi Degu, Abiy Abebe

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Article in Heliyon, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. GC-MS profiling,Frontiers in chemistry · 2026
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  5. Efficacy of medicinal plants in cryptosporidiosis treatment: a comprehensive review.Journal of parasitic diseases : official organ of the Indian Society for Parasitology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Asaye AsfawDepartment of Natural Resource Management, Debre Berhan University, Ethiopia.
Ermias LulekalPlant Biology and Biodiversity Management, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
Tamrat BekelePlant Biology and Biodiversity Management, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
Asfaw DebellaEthiopian Public Health Institute, Traditional Medicine, Directorate, Ethiopia.
Asfaw MeresaEthiopian Public Health Institute, Traditional Medicine, Directorate, Ethiopia.
Bihonegn SisayEthiopian Public Health Institute, Traditional Medicine, Directorate, Ethiopia.
Sileshi DeguEthiopian Public Health Institute, Traditional Medicine, Directorate, Ethiopia.
Abiy AbebeEthiopian Public Health Institute, Traditional Medicine, Directorate, Ethiopia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to carry out antibacterial and phytochemical analyses on six selected medicinal plants that have been traditionally used by the local people to treat and control different diseases. The antibacterial activities of methanolic extracts of these plants were assessed using the Agar well diffusion and Microtiter broth dilution methods. The root extract of

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Agar well diffusionAntibacterial activityGram-negative bacteriaGram-positive bacteriaMinimum inhibitory concentration

Identifiers

PMID38045177
PMCPMC10689945

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