Antimicrobial activity of Daniella oliveri extracts on clinical microrganisms

What is it about?

Daniella oliveri is commonly known as Ilorin balsam (eepoiya) or copaihu africana. It is an indigenous African tree found extensively in Benin, Cameroon, Gambia and Nigeria. The leaves are used traditionally to treat diabetes and yellow fever. The roots, stem, bark and leaves of Daniella oliveri are used in the treatment of scrotal elephantiasis, dysentery, ring worms, syphilis, typhoid fever, eye sore and ear ache and the stem bark of Daniella oliveri was used in the treating fever, boil and back ache. The basic objective of this project is to determine the antimicrobial activity and phytochemical composition of Daniella oliveri.

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Why is it important?

The presences of these compounds (alkaloids and phenol, tannin, phylate, oxalate, saponin and steroid) were inferred as being responsible for the anti-microbial properties of the extracts. Mineral elements composition content such as sodium (Na), potassium (K), calcium (Ca) are present in the plant. This plant can therefore be used as a medicinal plants to formulate new antimicrobial drugs for use worldwide to fight infections and to reduce the level of resistance of microorganisms to drugs and make drugs available for the populace.

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