SPECIES
Azadirachta indica A.Juss
FAMILY
Meliaceae
COUNTRY OF COLLECTION
Ghana
COMMON /LOCAL NAMES
NeemTree
PART USED
leaves
EXTRACTION METHOD
Grind to paste
SOLVENT(S) USED
70% hydroethanolic solution
EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUE
in-vivo
FORMULATION AND MODE OF USAGE (in-vivo only)
Leaf is ground into a paste and taken orally for Bu treatment
ACTIVITY/MIC (µg/ml)
>250
LINK TO REFERENCE
26099634 27089314
LINKS TO PLANT DATABASES
http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1213180-2
REFERENCE
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 Fokou, Patrick Valere Tsouh Kissi-Twum, A. A., Regina, Y.-M. D. A.-O., Addo, P., Tchokouaha, L. R. Y., & Mfopa , Alvine Ngoutane Boyom , Fabrice Fekam Nyarko, A. K. (2016). In Vitro Activity of Selected West African Medicinal Plants against Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 21(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/MOLECULES21040445