Background: Chronic bad odor is deeply life-altering with devastating and lasting effects on social, professional and home life. Clinically this condition is called bromhidrosis and affects about 0.34% of the population ...

Current strategies to overcome the global problem of antimicrobial resistance include research in finding new antimicrobials from plants. Studies have documented that some plants contain bioactive compounds known as ...

Drug resistance of pathogenic microorganisms is becoming an increasing problem to human health. In order to find alternative therapy against these drug resistant pathogens, there is need to screen natural herbs that ...

The efficacy of selected antiseptic soaps sold around Wandegeya on common skin bacterial contaminants was conducted by agar well diffusion and determination of the MIC. Reference bacterial strains Escherichia coli ...

Background Rotheca myricoides, commonly called blue glory bower or blue butterfly bush, is a suckering evergreen shrub with a somewhat open habit which grows rapidly to 6-10' tall and as wide in its native habitat but ...

The ginger rhizome (Zingiber officinale) is known to be rich in secondary metabolites such as phenolic compounds, volatile sesquiterpenes and monoterpenoids. These specific phytochemicals and essential oils are responsible ...

The antibacterial activity of honey was tested against Gram positive bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus) and Gram-negative bacteria (Escherichia coli). Agar well diffusion was the method used. The honey showed antibacterial ...