The screenings of these medicinal plants showed that some of the screened plants are potential source of antibacterial agents. In conclusion, ethanolic extracts of some medicinal plants can be used to treat infections with pathogenic fungi. The crude extract from ethyl acetate of heliotrpium. Antifungal activity and qualitative phytochemical analysis. Pdf evaluation of antifungal fungal activity of medicinal. Medicinal plant antifungal activity antifungal compound antifungal protein bold number these keywords were added by machine and not by the authors.
Eucalyptus globolus, punica granatum, artemisia mexcana and bocconia arborea the methanolic plant extracts possess strong in vitro. In vitro evaluation of antifungal activity of aerial parts of medicinal plants balanites aegyptiaca del. Furthermore, saponins are a special class of glycosides that have soapy characteristics and it is consider as active antifungal agents 28. Eighteen of the 43 extracts showed good activity against the gram positive and gram negative bacteria but, after removal of the tannins, the bacterial activity of 16 of the 18 plants was lost. These extracts showed maximum activity, even at very low. Evaluation of the antifungal properties of twelve medicinal plants and isolation of active compounds from nepenthes gracilis by gwee pei shing a dissertation submitted to the department of biomedical science, faculty of science, universiti tunku abdul rahman, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of science. Antifungal activities of nine traditional mexican medicinal plants.
The current study investigates the antifungal properties of crude plant extracts from selected medicinal plant species. Antimicrobial activity of some important medicinal plant. M edicinal plants are part and parcel of human society to combat diseases, from the dawn of civilization. Antibacterial and antifungal activities from leaf extracts of. Antibacterial activity of plant extracts 247 brazilian journal of microbiology 2000 31. The airdried plant samples were into uniform powder using milling machine separately. Antifungal activities of nine traditional mexican medicinal. Antimicrobial activity of medicinal plants against human. Aqueous, saline buffer and acid extracts of different plant species were screened in vitro for their antifungal activity against alternaria spp. Pdf antibacterial and antifungal activity of traditional. The least anti bacterially active plants was ipomoeacordofana.
Antibacterial and antifungal activity of medicinal plants of. Antibacterial, antifungal and antioxidant activities of some medicinal plants 2146 pak. Antifungal activity of some plant extracts against. Antibacterial and antifungal activities of plant part extracts against four pathogenic bacteria two grampositive and negative and three pathogenic fungi were investigated by the agar disk diffusion method. Pdf antifungal activity of medicinal plant extracts. Medicinal plants, traditional uses, phytochemical effects, antimicrobial activity.
Medicinal plants are known to harbor potential endophytic microbes, due to their bioactive compounds. Genetic diversity and antifungal activity of species of. Frontiers antimicrobial activity of medicinal plants. The genetic diversity of fungal endophytes in root, bark and twigs of four medicinally important plants, azadirachta indica, holarrhena antidysenterica, terminalia arjuna and t. Razia khatoon1,2, noor jahan1,2, siraj ahmad3, anwar shahzad4 1department of microbiology, eras lucknow medical college and hospital, lucknow226003, india. Melia azadirachta is well known in india and its neighbouring countries for more than 2000 years as one of the most versatile medicinal plants having a wide spectrum of biological activity. Minimum inhibitory concentrations mics of oils %vv against aspergillus fumigatus and aspergillus niger done by agar dilution method and minimum inhibitory concentration mic and minimum cidal concentration mccs data %vv obtained. Antibacterial and antifungal activities of some medicinal.
Jones np, arnason jt, abouzaid m, akpagana k, sanchezvindas p, smith ml. Plants under study were investigated for their antibacterial activity against four standard bacterial strains bacillus. The world health organization estimates that plant extracts or their active constituents are used as folk medicine in traditional therapies of 80% of the worlds population. Pdf the antifungal activity of different medicinal and locally available plants extracts leaves, fruit, seeds which are usually found in the. The advancement of phytochemical and phytopharmacological sciences has enabled elucidation of the composition and biological activities of several medicinal plant products including plant extract and essential oils. Acid extracts of the plants were more effective than the aqueous or buffer extracts against alternaria spp. Antifungal activity of crude extracts selected medicinal. The antifungal activity and minimum inhibitory concentration mic of various plant extracts in different solvents such as hydroalcohol 50 % vv and hexane of plants traditionally used as medicines as valeriana jatamansi sugandhbala, coleus barbatus pathar choor, berberis.
Our data suggest that the medicinal plants tested have important antimicrobial properties. Antifungal activity of five medicinal plants extract was assayed by agar well diffusion method. The selected plant species were extracted with solvent of various polarities such as acetone. Chapter 3 antifungal activity of few medicinal plants. The aqueous phase was extracted with and aspergillus fumigatus. Oils extracted from fifteen medicinal plants were screened for their activity against a. Antifungal activity of some plant extracts against clinical. In vitro antifungal activity of some south african. Antifungal activity of aqueous and solvent plant extracts was determined for percent mycelial inhibition using poisoned food technique on potato dextrose agar medium singh and tirupathi, 1999.
Antifungal activity of crude extracts of nine traditional mexican medicinal plants species plant parts testeda extractb extract yield %c antifungal activity mic mgml candida albicans aspergillus niger trychophyton mentagrophytes trychophyton rubrum annona cherimolia s h 4. The data revealed that significant reduction in growth of fungal strain f. Oct 05, 2016 the methanol extract showed high significantly activity against of all bacterial strains activity in particular at grampositive bacteria staphylococcus aureus and less activity to gramnegative bacteria was escherichia coli. Interestingly, the leaf latex inhibited all tested candida species in dosedependent fashion. Evaluation of the antifungal properties of twelve medicinal plants and isolation of active compounds from nepenthes gracilis. This is the first report describing the antimicrobial activities of several of the mexican medicinal plants used in this study. Previous studies showed that medicinal plants exerted a wide range of antifungal activity. Antifungal activity of some medicinal plant extracts against candida albicans and cryptococcus neoformans article pdf available in acta horticulturae 597597 january 2004 with 308 reads. Eight plant species used by the traditional healers and local people to treat fungal infections were selected for further phytochemical analysis and biological assay. Attempts have also been made towards the validation of some of. Pdf antifungal activity of medicinal plant extracts and.
This corroborates their use in traditional medicine. Antibacterial activity of traditional medicinal plants used. Jun 24, 2010 medicinal plant antifungal activity antifungal compound antifungal protein bold number these keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. The extraction of some medicinal plants plucheadioscorides aerial part, ipomoeacordofana whole plant, zaleya pantendra whole plant and heliotrpium supinum aerial part, are commonly known to treat a variety of diseases in this study. Antifungal activity of six botanical extracts was assayed and the effect of plant extracts on the growth of fungal strain f. Screening of traditionally used tanzanian medicinal plants.
Leaves are the most used plants parts of this family. 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. Antibacterial, antifungal and antioxidant activities of. Antifungal activity of extracts from medicinal plants used by first nations peoples of eastern canada. The result revealed that the extract of five medicinal plants showed significant reduction in growth of p. North american native american peoples used approximately 2,600 species of vascular plants in traditional medicines 1, 2.
Pdf antifungal activity of some medicinal plants used in. Antibacterial and antifungal activities of some mexican. Many members of the labiatae family are used in traditional and folk medicine and also used as culinary and ornamental plants. The antifungal activity of different medicinal plant methanol extracts for three different plant was selected for this studies. Antimicrobial activity of some indian medicinal plants. Antifungal activity and qualitative phytochemical analysis of some medicinal plants in jaffna sri lanka.
Antibacterial activity of traditional medicinal plants. These products have been widely used around the world since ancient times for the treatment of various disorders such as diabetes, hypertension, peptic ulcer disease, microbial. Paola diaz dellavalle1, andrea cabrera 1, diego alem 1, patricia larranaga1, fernando ferreira2, and marco dalla rizza1 abstract the aim of the study was to evaluate the antifungal activity of extracts of 10 plant species used in traditional uruguayan. Antifungal activity of medicinal plant extracts against phytopathogenic fungus alternaria spp. In subsaharan africa, fungal infections, especially candida infections, are very common and cause significant morbidity among patients feldmesser. This in vitro study corroborated the antimicrobial activity of t. All the medicinal plants selected for the antifungal activity were tested against aspergillus flavus oryzae and fusarium verticilliodes. This plant extract also showed the strongest antifungal activity against fusarium verticillioides and aspergillus niger. Pdf antifungal activity of some medicinal plant extracts. In vitro antifungal activity of some south african medicinal plantsa.
Introduction medicinal plants are abundant source of antimicrobial molecules. Considering the vast potentiality of plants as sources for antimicrobial drugs, this study aimed to investigate in vitro antibacterial and antifungal activity of extracts from some selected medicinal plants from nepal against the most common microbial pathogens including mdr bacteria. O box 3019700100 nairobi, kenya corresponding author. Antifungal activity of essential oils from indian medicinal. Antibacterial and antifungal activity of medicinal plants.
Antibacterial and antifungal activity of traditional medicinal plants used against venereal diseases in south africa article pdf available in journal of ethnopharmacology 1031. Ethanolic extract of the leaves, stem, seeds of leucas zeylanica, ocimum canum, ocimum sanctum and leaves of mentha arvensis, ocimum basilicum were subjected to phytochemical screening and. Antibacterial and antifungal activities from leaf extracts. Antifungal activity of aqueous extracts of some dominant. Antifungal activity and qualitative phytochemical analysis of. Evaluation of antifungal fungal activity of medicinal plants. Among all the five plants extract the nbutanol and methanol extract of lawsonia inermis exhibited maximum antifungal activity 15. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves. The plants were selected on the basis of their reported ethnobotanical uses. Feb 16, 2007 the screenings of these medicinal plants showed that some of the screened plants are potential source of antibacterial agents. For the antifungal evaluation we used a microspectrophotometric assay.
The screening of the antifungal potential of 1 extract forms. Genetic diversity and antifungal activity of species of pestalotiopsis isolated as endophytes from medicinal plants. Antifungal activity of plant extracts with potential to. The selected plant species were extracted with solvent of various polarities such as acetone, methanol. Cnidium monnieri, magnolia officinalis, and aucklandia lappa at a concentration of 62. Minimum inhibitory concentrations mics of oils %vv against aspergillus fumigatus and aspergillus niger done by agar dilution method and minimum inhibitory concentration mic and minimum cidal concentration mccs data %vv obtained by the broth micro. 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. Medicinal plants used against different pathogenic fungi. Adiantum capillusveneris, alhagi maurorum, allium porrum, allium sativum, alpinia galangal, ammi majus, anchusa strigosa, apium. Antifungal activity of some medicinal plants used in jeddah, saudi. Introduction many medicinal plants are a source of great economic value all over the world.
This study reports the antifungal activities of acetone, hexane, dichloromethane, and methanol leaf extracts of andrographis paniculata and achyranthes bidentata. The harmful microorganisms can be controlled with drugs and. To evaluate the in vitro antifungal activity of extracts, resins, oils and mother tinctures from plants against the filamentous fungi fusarium guttiforme f. A wide range of medicinal plants extracts are used to treat several infections as. Antifungal activity of aqueous extracts of some dominant algerian medicinal plants nasrinesalhi,1 sultanayeshmohammedsaghir,2 valeriaterzi,3 imanbrahmi,4 naimaghedairi,4 andsamiabissati1 1laboratoiredebioressourcessahariennes. Antimicrobial properties of medicinal plants are being increasingly reported from different parts of the world. Review article biological activities and medicinal. In vitro screening of chinese medicinal plants for antifungal.
Researcharticle antifungal activity of aqueous extracts of some dominant algerian medicinal plants nasrinesalhi,1 sultanayeshmohammedsaghir,2 valeriaterzi,3 imanbrahmi,4 naimaghedairi,4 andsamiabissati1. Judith agot odhiambo 1, george muyala siboe, catherine wanjiru lukhoba 1, saiffudin fidahussein dossaji. Medicinal plants are used by many ethnic groups as a source of medicine for the treatment of various ailments in both humans and domestic. This figure represents roughly 10% of all vascular plant species in north america, and there is evidence that the choice of medicinal plants was nonrandom and closely linked to phylogenetic relationships.
All plant extracts were screened for their fungistatic, fungicidal activities and minimum inhibitory dilution mid against above fungi. Abstract keeping in view the traditional uses of medicinal plants, this study was conducted to evaluate the antifungal activity of selected members of family rosaceae for the first time. Antifungal activity using medicinal plant extracts against. In vitro antifungal activity of some south african medicinal. The antifungal activity of the methanol extracts of six medicinal plants used in native medicine in sri lanka is reported. Review on antifungal activities of ayurvedic medicinal plants. In addition to this, the tannins isolated from the medicinal plants possess remarkable toxic activity against bacteria and fungi and they may assume pharmacological importance. Antibacterial antifungal medicinal plants introduction drugs from higher plants continue to occupy an important the use of medicinal plants as a source for relief from drugs, all single chemical entities extracted from. Antimicrobial activity of medicinal plants against human pathogenic bacteria 657 inflammatory properties of plants mahesh and satish, 2008. Medicinal plants extracts are promising as alternative or complementary control means because of their antimicrobial activity, nonphytotoxicity, systemicity as well as biodegradability.
Antifungal activity of medicinal plant extracts and. Antifungal effect of plant extract and essential oil. Considering these problems, the antifungal activity of leaf latex of a. Antibacterial and antifungal activity of traditional medicinal plants used against venereal diseases in south africa. The yield was activity of 15 essential oils againstaspergillus niger0. Effect of antifungal activity of some medicinal plants. Historically, herbs and spices have enjoyed a rich tradition of use for their medicinal properties and provide unlimited opportunities for new drug leads because. In vitro evaluation of antifungal activity of aerial parts. The mic values of the extracts were determined ranging. Antibacterial and antifungal activity of traditional medicinal plants. In vitro antimicrobial activity of some medicinal plants.
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