Screening of antibacterial and antiparasitic activities of six Moroccan medicinal plants

The extracts of six plants selected on the basis of folk-medicine reports w ere examined for their antibacterial effects against eight pathogenic bacte ria. The results showed that n-butanol extract of Calotropis procera proved to be the most effective against the bacteria tested using the paper disc diffusion method. The antiprotozoal activity was also examined and showed t hat ethyl ether extract of Slum nodiflorum exhibits a parasiticidal effect against Trichomonas intestinalis and vaginalis.