Evaluation of the Antidiarrheal and Antioxidant Effects of Some Chewing Sticks Commonly Used for Oral Hygiene in Ghana

Table 1

Antimicrobial activity of chewing stick extracts against selected microorganisms.

Organism	Zone of inhibition (mm)
	A. indica		G. afzelii		G. kola		CPL
	Stem	Bark	Stem	Bark	Stem	Bark
S. sonnei (DSM 5570)	13	4	10	12	3	9	24
S. flexneri	14	0	18	16	0	11	19
S. typhi	9	14	10	13	0	11	29
S. typhimurium enterica sub sp. (ATCC19585)	15	0	12	19	0	0	28
K. oxytoca (ATCC13182)	15	8	13	14	0	14	31