Bacterial spoilage of fresh meat in some selected Lagos markets

In vitro pharmacological activity of the crude acetone extract of Erythrina caffra Thunb: antibacterial and antifungal assessment

“…Inhibition zones produced by ciprofloxacin (± 1.0 mm) Inhibition zones produced by E. caffra (± 1.0 mm) 1.25 µg/ml 2.5 µg/ml 5 µg/ml 5 mg/ml 10 mg/ml 20 mg/ml extract could be as effective as other alcoholic extracts based on the degree of the attained antimicrobial activities of the extract. The extract inhibited the selected bacteria which are usually implicated as major culprits for human urinary tract infections, intestinal infections, food poisoning and nosocomial infections (Rossolini and Mantengoli, 2005;Olajuyigbe et al, 2006;Venier et al, 2007;Olajuyigbe and Adeoye, 2011) and the fungi causing major destruction and biochemical changes of food commodities, candidiasis and candida vaginitis, producing mycotoxins and carcinogens as well as serious threat to human health (Reddy et al, 2010) at low concentrations.…”