Chemical constituents, antibacterial and antioxidant properties of the essential oil flower of Tagetes minuta grown in Cala community Eastern Cape, South Africa

• Main Authors: Aboi Igwaran (Author), Benson Chucks Iweriebor (Author), Sunday Ofuzim Okoh (Author), Uchechukwu Uchechukwu Nwodo (Author), Larry Chikwelu Obi (Author), Anthony Ifeanyi Okoh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Tagetes minuta has a long record of human use for the treatment of stomach and intestinal diseases. Most drugs used for diseases treatment are less efficacious with side effects and this brought the search for new treatment regimens mainly from medicinal plants. Method The essent...