ANTIMICROBIAL AND PHYTOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF YOUNGCOCOS NUCIFERA (COCONUT) WATER AND METHALONIC EDXTRACT OF THE YOUNGCOCOS NUCI
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION AND LITERATURE 1.1 Background of the study Medicinal plants represent a rich source of antimicrobials and many other drugs. The potentials of higher plants as source for new drugs is still largely unexplored. Antibiotic resistance has become a global concern (Westhet al., 2004). The clinical efficacy of many existing antibiotics is being threatened by the emergence of multidrug-resistant pathogens (Bandow, 2003). Many infectious diseases have been known ...
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