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e at least effective as forest guards and could draw on conservation or forest guard
support where necessary.
It is recommended that the preparation of the extracts resemble the methods of
preparation which are used by the people. In that way more positive results can be
found. It is also recommended that further work be done on the isolation and the
identification of the most effective antimicrobial compounds responsible for the
inhibition of the micro-organisms tested. This study lends thus some support to
traditional knowledge and may serve as a basis for selecting the most active
medicinal plants to use in traditional medicine practices in the future.
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