Antioxidant, antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities of. The paper describes the antimicrobial, antioxidant and cytotoxic activity of 30 different plant species belonging to twenty families and used in yemeni ethnomedicine. The preliminary screening of the various extracts was carried out using standard. Antibacterial and antioxidant activities of 8 aromatic plants from the balkan peninsula were studied. Keeping the above in view the present chapter focuses on the i diversity of antioxidant phytochemicals in medicinal. Plants are rich in a wide variety of secondary metabolites such as tannins, alkaloids, phenolic compounds, and flavonoids, which have been found in vitro to have antimicrobial. Tea, herbal infusions and plants are the major source of phenolic compounds in our diet. Antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of some nigerian. Antioxidant activity of selected medicinal plants journal. The aim of the present study was to assess antioxidant, antibacterial and antitumor activity of ethanolic extract of the psidium guajava leaves. Antimicrobial, antioxidant and cytotoxic activities and phytochemical screening of some yemeni medicinal plants ramzi a. Alaghbari2 and ulrike lindequist3 1department of pharmacognosy, faculty of pharmacy, sanaauniversity, po box 33039, 2institute of. Since ancient times, medicinal plants have traditionally been used for the treatment of different diseases. Pdf five libyan medicinal plants thapsia garganica, hammada scoparia, euphorbia serrata, hyoscyamus albus and retama rateam were selected to.
Our results show new information about antimicrobial activity and characterization of genotypes. Ten plant extracts were analysed for their antimicrobial activities using the agar well diffusion and broth microdilution method. Therefore, several medicinal plants have been evaluated for possible antimicrobial activity and to get remedy for a variety of ailments of microbial origin 5,6. Antimicrobial 6, larvicidal 7 and anticancer 8 activities of piper nigrumlinn. Determination of antibacterial and antioxidant potential of some medicinal plants from saurashtra region, india m. The use of plant and its products has a long history that began with folk medicine and through the years has been incorporated into traditional and allopathic medicine. The aim of the study was assess the antibacterial effect of some medicinal plant extracts and their synergistic antibiotic and nonantibiotic drugs against escherichia coli, staphylococcus aureus and pseudomonas aeruginosa. Antimicrobial and antioxidant activity analysis of some. Antioxidantbased drug formulations are used for the prevention and treatment of complex diseases like atherosclerosis, stroke, diabetes, alzheimers. Moreover, the tested plants were exposed to screening for possible antioxidant effect utilizing dpph test, guaiacol peroxidas, and catalase enzymes. Medicinal plants are known to harbor potential endophytic microbes, due to their bioactive compounds. The correlation coefficient r2 between antioxidant activity and their total phenolics and flavanoids content is 0. Therefore, several medicinal plants have been evaluated for possible antimicrobial activity and to get remedy for a variety of ailments of microbial origin5,6. The antioxidant activity of methanol extract and aqueous extract were comparatively less significant than that of ethyl acetate extract, and nhexane extract showed the least activity.
Study of total phenolic and flavonoid content, antioxidant. Determination of antibacterial and antioxidant potential of some. This study evaluated the pharmacological and phytochemical profiles of four medicinal plants drimia sanguinea, elephantorrhiza elephantina. Qualitative phytochemical analysis of these plants confirm the presence of various phytochemicals like saponins, terpenoids, steroids, anthocyanins, coumarins, fatty acids, tannins, leucoanthocyanins and emodins. The antimicrobial activity from mikania triangularis, known as thin leaf guaco, was tested against five genera of bacteria and three genera of. Effect of medicinal plant type and concentration on. Antimicrobial and antioxidant properties of medicinal plants used by. To evaluate the antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of methanolic extract extracts of selected algerian medicinal plants. Study of antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of medicinal. Obtaining scientific information about the efficacy and safety of the plants from our region is one of the goals of our research group. Five libyan medicinal plants thapsia garganica, hammada scoparia, euphorbia serrata, hyoscyamus albus and retama rateam were selected to evaluate their biological activities.
Antimicrobial, antioxidant and cytotoxicity studies of. Because microorganisms have developed resistance to many antibiotics 7. Many plants have been used because of their antimicrobial traits, which are due to phytochemicals synthesized in the secondary metabolism of the plant 8, 9. The antibacterial effect of some medicinal plant extracts.
An experience from north east india j pharm res phytochemical analysis of traditional medicinal plants and their antimicrobial activity. The increased resistance of microorganisms to the currently used antimicrobials has lead to the evaluation of other agents that might have antimicrobial activity. Green tea, oligomeric procyanidins from grape seed and pine bark, bilberry, and ginkgo exhibited taa in the range of 5. Evaluation of antioxidant, antimicrobial activities and.
Pdf antimicrobial and antioxidant activity analysis of some. Antimicrobial, antioxidant activity and phytochemical. The majority of the antioxidant activity is due to the flavones, isoflavones, flavonoids, anthocyanin, coumarin lignans, catechins and isocatechins 1. There is a long list of antioxidant plants of which some have been discussed in table 1. Based on the results of sensorial evaluations and the analysis of antimicrobial and antioxidant activities, cinnamon was initially chosen as the best medicinal plant for the production of flavored kombucha. Antimicrobial activity of medicinal plant extracts and their synergistic effect on some selected pathogens desalegn amenu college of natural and computational science, biology department, wollega university, p. Their phytochemical contents were screened, and their effect on 1, 1diphenyl2picrylhydrazyl dpph was used to assess their antioxidant activities. The results showed that nhexane, ethyl acetate and ethanol extracts of. Antioxidant, antibacterial and antitumor activity of. Evaluation of antimicrobial activity of different solvent. Abdelsalam3 1 department of botany, kohat university of science and technology, kohat, pakistan. Medicinal plants represent a rich source of antimicrobial agents.
Antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of zingiberaceae. The aim of this study was to investigate the chemical composition, antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of ethanolic leaf extract of ginkgo biloba l. Their total phenolic and flavanoid contents were assessed. The antioxidant capacity of the extracts and of the isolated polyphenols. The dried plants were separated into leaves, flowers, fruit, stems, roots and bark. Furthermore, the essential oils of plants with the highest antibacterial activity were analyzed utilizing gcms. Antibacterial, antifungal and antioxidant activities of. Evaluation of antioxidant activity of phlogacanthus. In this study, 18 species of five genus of zingiberaceae plants from taiwan area were collected and analyzed for their functional properties. Materials and methods plant material used the leaves of medicinal plants asparagus racemosus, ocimum. A study of antimicrobial activity of few medicinal herbs parastoo karimi alavijeh, parisa karimi alavijeh and devindra sharma j.
In vitro antimicrobial activity of some medicinal plants. It is known that phenolic compounds have many biological activities such as antioxidant. Pdf the study examine the antioxidant and antimicrobial potential of the ethanolic and aqueous leaf extracts of ten selected indian medicinal plants. Antibacterial, antifungal and antioxidant activities of some medicinal plants 2146 pak. Box, 395, ethiopia abstract antibiotics provide the main basis for the therapy of microbial bacterial and fungal infections.
Some plants with antioxidant activity due to the polyphenolsare. Department of microbiology and immunology, botucatu biosciences institute, sao paulo state university unesp univ estadual paulista, botucatu, sao paulo state, brazil. Evaluation of antioxidant activity of two important memory. Jun 21, 2016 phytochemical screening, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of hexane, ethylacetate and methanol crude extracts of acalypha ciliata plant was studied in this work. The potential antioxidant activity of the extract was assessed on the basis of the scavenging. In this investigation, along with phenolic and antioxidant properties of selected plants, antimicrobial activity of plant extracts against escherichia coli and staphylococcus aureus are also tested. Keywords agar dilution, antimicrobial activity, vernonia mespilifolia. Antioxidant activity was assayed by the dpph radical scavenging activity mechanism. Phytochemistry, antioxidant, antibacterial activity, and. The antimicrobial activity of the extracts was tested using the agar welldiffusion method. Antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of sanguisorba minor l. The antiseptic qualities of aromatic and medicinal plants and their.
Antimicrobial activity table 2 present antimicrobial activity results of the plant extracts. Antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of five medicinal. Very little information is available concerning the antimicrobial activity of the studied plant species. Antimicrobial and antioxidant activity analysis of some medicinal plants of bangladesh volume 2 issue 4 2015 abul hasnat muhammad solaiman,1 takashi nishizawa,2 nasim sultana,3 brazendranath sarker,4 raquibur rahman,5 mohammad shahjahan,5 abu noman faruq ahmmed, 6 mirza hasanuzzaman7 1department of horticulture, sherebangla agricultural. Total polyphenol content of the decoctions was also determined.
In the present paper, we analyze the past, present and future of medicinal plants, both as potential antimicrobial crude drugs as well as a source for natural compounds that act as new anti. Antimicrobial activity of medicinal plants correlates with. A summary of the ethnobotanical data of the medicinal plants studied is given in table 1. Pdf evaluation of antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of. Hence in the present study phytochemical screening of some important medicinal plants was carried out. Dec 20, 2007 the rhizomes of the zingiberaceae family are a vegetable widely used in many asian countries, and their medicinal functions have been broadly discussed and accepted in many traditional recipes. The antioxidant activity was estimated using 2, 2di phenyl1picrylhydrazyl dpph as free radical scavenger. Antioxidant activity, antimicrobial and effects in the. Antibacterial, antioxidant activity of ethanolic plant extracts of some. Antimicrobial activity of medicinal plant extracts and their.
A study on the antioxidant and antimicrobial activities in. Also, they are widely used as remedy against various diseases in turkish traditional medicine. Antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of plants from. Screening of medicinal plants for secondary metabolites. Cancer, medicinal plants, antioxidant activity, dpph, abts, antimicrobial activity. Antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of selected medicinal plants. Antioxidant, antihypertensive, antihyperglycemic, and antimicrobial. Antimicrobial activity of medicinal plant extracts and. In vitro antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of flower. Antimicrobial and antioxidant activity of leaf and flower extract of.
Pdf antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of five medicinal. Commonly used medicinal plant extracts with standardized content of polyphenols were investigated for their total antioxidant activity taa. In a first study of ongoing research, endophytic bacteria were isolated from two medicinal plants, hypericum perforatum and ziziphora capitata with contrasting antimicrobial activities from the chatkal biosphere reserve of uzbekistan, and their plantspecific traits involved in biocontrol and. Minimal inhibitory concentration of metanoic extracts ranged from 6. Their total phe nolic and flavanoid contents were assessed. The rhizomes of the zingiberaceae family are a vegetable widely used in many asian countries, and their medicinal functions have been broadly discussed and accepted in many traditional recipes. Some of these compounds were isolated or obtained by bioguided. If the inline pdf is not rendering correctly, you can download the pdf file here. Journal of medicinal plants research phytochemical analysis. A study of antimicrobial activity of few medicinal herbs. In this investigation, some plants with well documented antioxidant activity like salvia sclarea, s.
Phytochemical analysis of traditional medicinal plants and. In this report, 17 plants were selected and collected in different localities from northeast mexico. Selected plants of interest in traditional diets were examined in order to determine their phenolic composition, their antioxidant capacity and their antimicrobial activity. The antioxidant activity of these two medicinal plants was evaluated by measuring reducing ability, free radical scavenging activity by dpph and hydrogen peroxide methods. Guava, antitumor, medicinal plants, functional foods 1. Determination of antibacterial and antioxidant potential. Pdf antioxidant capacity and antimicrobial activity of. Pdf antimicrobial and antioxidant activity analysis of. This fraction showed the presence of sterols, vitamin c, and tannins as phytoconstituents. Antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of natural compounds. Antimicrobial, antioxidant and cytotoxicity studies of medicinal plants used in the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases.
The present study evaluated the antibacterial activities and antioxidant capacity of eight aromatic plants, indigenous to the flora of the balkan peninsula, which are used as medicinal plants in traditional medicine. Antibacterial, antifungal and antioxidant activities of some. Antimicrobial activity, antioxidant potential, cytotoxicity and. Aside from its culinary application, oregano exhibits antimicrobial and antioxidant actions and has possible activity as an antispasmodic and in diabetes. Bioactive aqueous extracts of twelve yucatecan plants. The airdried plant samples were into uniform powder using milling machine separately.
The 2, 2diphenyl1picrylhydrazyl dpph scavenging assay and ferric reducing power were used to assess the antioxidant activities of the extracts. Antimicrobial activity was tested against escherichia coli nctc 10418, pseudomonas. Antimicrobial and antioxidant activity analysis of some medicinal plants of bangladesh. The toxicity of extracts from arthemus sativa, which is known to have antimicrobial activity, was also studied 10. Some common spices and plants with antimicrobial and. Evaluation of antioxidant, antimicrobial activities and phytochemical content of some egyptian plants abstract this study evaluated antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of methanol extracts of artocarpus heterophyllus, parkia africana, derris rubosta and cichorium intybus stems and also phytochemical analysis of the four plants was detected. Malvaceae against cotrimoxazolresistant bacteria strains. Methanolic extracts of the plants were analyzed for their. Antioxidant plays a major role in protecting our body from disease by reducing the oxidative damage to cellular component caused by ros. Bacillus cereus, shigella flexneri, candida glabrata, candida krusei, trichophyton rubrum and trichophyton tonsurans using the microdilution technique. The antioxidants compounds like ascorbic acid, total phenols and tannins were also evaluated in these plants. Antimicrobial activity was tested against nine bacterial and one fungus.
However, there is no clinical evidence to support the use of oregano in any indication. Evaluation of antioxidant activity of phlogacanthus thyrsiflorus nees. Nov, 2006 ten nigerian plants suggested from their ethnomedical uses to possess antimicrobial and antioxidant activities were studied for their antimicrobial and antioxidant properties. Antimicrobial activity of polyphenolrich fractions from sida alba l. Antimicrobial, antioxidant and cytotoxic activities and.
An experience from north east india minakshi b, jharna d, chanbi devi e, nayan t, partha pk, kundal n. Antimicrobial, antioxidant and cytotoxicity studies of medicinal plants used in the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases tshikalange t e, mamba p. Screening of plants is done by measuring the antioxidant activity through various in vitro models like dpph method10, nitric oxide method11, dmpd method12, abts method, orac method 14, tbars assay 15, etc. Nowadays, plants are considered a valuable source of unique natural compounds used in the development of antidiabetic, antiinflammatory, anticancerous, and antimicrobial drugs. Besides, the amount of total phenol and flavonoid of these plants was measured. Oct 25, 2018 the physicochemical, antioxidant, antimicrobial, and sensorial properties of kombucha samples were analyzed for 16 days at 4. The introduction of alkylation has been proposed to alter the distribution ratio between the aqueous and the nonaqueous phases. Traditional medicine has a key role in health care worldwide. Phytochemical analysis of traditional medicinal plants and their antimicrobial activity. Study of antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of. Introduction cancer is often dreadful and has effect on large population of the world. Traditional healers, often referred as herbal healers, from various parts of the world use plants as antiinfective agents.
Five libyan medicinal plants thapsia garganica, hammada scoparia, euphorbia serrata, hyoscya mus albus and retama rateam were selected to evaluate their biological activities. Antibacterial and antioxidant activity of traditional. Petroleum ether and 50% methanol extracts of the plants were screened for antimicrobial activity against six microbes. A large number of medicinal plants and their purified. The high activity of the phenolic components may be further explained in terms of the alkyl substitution into the phenol nucleus, which is known to enhance the antimicrobial activity of phenols pelczar et al. The ethyl acetate fraction of both fresh and dry stem extracts at a concentration of 100 ppm showed 64. Antimicrobial, antioxidant activity and phytochemical screening of acalypha indica crude leaf extract prem kumar k, nirmalababurao, a roja rani department of genetics, osmania university, hyderabad, telangana, india. Ten nigerian plants suggested from their ethnomedical uses to possess antimicrobial and antioxidant activities were studied for their antimicrobial and antioxidant properties. Phytochemical screening, antioxidant and antimicrobial.
The microbroth dilution assay was used to determine antimicrobial activity. The physicochemical, antioxidant, antimicrobial, and sensorial properties of kombucha samples were analyzed for 16 days at 4. This has prompted the increased use of medicinal plants in the treatment. Microorganisms were grown overnight at 30c in muellerhinton broth oxoid. Polyphenolic content, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of. Many focus on determining the antimicrobial activity of plant extracts found in folk medicine, essential oils or isolated compounds such as alkaloids, flavonoids, sesquiterpene lactones, diterpenes, triterpenes or naphtoquinones, among others. Journal of medicinal plants research phytochemical. The present study analyzed the antimicrobial activity of eight aromatic plants indigenous to the balkan peninsula, which are used as medicinal plants in local traditional medicine. Chanda phytochemical, pharmacological and microbiological laboratory, department of biosciences, saurashtra university, rajkot360 005, india kaneria, et al antimicrobial and. Aromatics plants have traditionally been used as antibacterial agents and are well accepted today as a source of antioxidants. Each plant extract was dissolved in dimethyl sulfoxide dmso, sterilized by filtration using a sintered glass filter, and stored at 4c. This plant according to folk medicine has been reported to be used for treatment of female sterility, dressing of sores and schistosomiasis.
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