SPECIES
Aframomum melegueta K. Schum
FAMILY
Zingiberaceae
COUNTRY OF COLLECTION
Benin, Ghana
COMMON /LOCAL NAMES
Wusa
PART USED
fruit
SOLVENT(S) USED
Ethanol
ANTIMICROBIAL ASSAY METHODS
REMA
EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUE
in-vitro
FORMULATION AND MODE OF USAGE (in-vivo only)
Carbonisation fruit is used for BU treatment
ACTIVITY/MIC (µg/ml)
>250
LINK TO REFERENCE
21240839 26099634
LINKS TO PLANT DATABASES
http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:871877-1
REFERENCE
Yemoa, A., Gbenou, J., Affolabi, D., Moudachirou, M., & Martin, A. (2011). Buruli Ulcer : A Review of In Vitro Tests to Screen Natural Products for Activity against Mycobacterium ulcerans. 641-646. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0030-1250642
Tsouh Fokou, P. V., Nyarko, A. K., Appiah-Opong, R., Tchokouaha Yamthe, L. R., Addo, P., Asante, I. K., & Boyom, F. F. (2015). Ethnopharmacological reports on anti-Buruli ulcer medicinal plants in three West African countries. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 172, 297-311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2015.06.024