Department of pharmacy and pharmacology, faculty of health sciences, university of the witwatersrand, 7 york road, parktown 2193, south africa article info article history. We have colleted four medicinally important medicinal plants such as acalypha indica, cassia auriculata, eclipta alba and phyllanthus niruri for antimicrobial studies the experiment carried out in the selected medicinal plants leaves and roots. The result showed potential antibacterial effects of o. External infections involving the skin and wound are the most frequent complications affecting humans and animals. Antibacterial activity, medicinal plants, agar well diffusion method. Ishak2, saad mohammed hussien ayoub3 1department of chemistry, college of applied and industrial science, university of bahri, khartoum, sudan.
In vitro antibacterial activity of selected medicinal. Antibacterial activity of some medicinal plants against selected. Page 7 traditional and medicinal uses of carica papaya aravind. Medicinal plants and antimicrobial activity sciencedirect. Antibacterial active compounds isolated from higher plants appear to be one of the most important alternative approaches to contain antibiotic resistance and the management of disease. In addition, sher, 2009, venkatesan and karrunakaran, 2010, pirbalouti et al. Antimicrobial, antioxidant and cytotoxicity studies of. Plants in traditional healthcare services in west africa were selected based on ethnobotanical data for this study. Antimicrobial activity of south african medicinal plants s. Higher plants mainly produce antimicrobials as a defense mechanism against infections or these substances are constituents of cellular metabolism.
Its purpose is to give you an idea of the beliefs and claims made about these substances which have been used since ancient times by many human cultures and civilizations in the ways. Pdf antimicrobial activity of some medicinal plant. In the current study, we investigated the antimicrobial activities of two endemic plants, antidesma madagascariense lam. Antimicrobial activity of medicinal plants against human pathogenic bacteria 657 inflammatory properties of plants mahesh and satish, 2008.
Chloroform, butanol, ethyl acetate and nhexane extracts of these plants were used for antimicrobial screening. Although a certain number of extracts exhibited good antibacterialpotency,incontrasttoourexpectation,alimited antibacterial potency. Satish 1department of studies in applied botany and biotechnology, university of mysore, manasagangotri, mysore570 006 2herbal drug technology laboratory, department of studies in microbiology. Medicinal plants are known to harbor potential endophytic microbes, due to their bioactive compounds. Antimicrobial activity of selected medicinal plants against some selected human pathogenic bacteria. Ten plant extracts were analysed for their antimicrobial activities using the agar well diffusion and broth microdilution method. Many focus on determining the antimicrobial activity of plant extracts found in folk medicine, essential oils or isolated compounds such as alkaloids, flavonoids. Antimicrobial assay was done by disc diffusion and poisons plate method nccls, 1993, awoyinka et al. Antimicrobial studies on selected medicinal plants, erode.
Antimicrobial activity of selected medicinal plants against some selected human pathogenic bacteria selvamohan t. Antimicrobial plants the vast majority of antibiotics used in modern medicine are or have been produced by microorganisms, yeasts or fungi, which belong to the vegetable kingdom. Medicinal plants play great roles in the treatment of skin and wound infections. The effect of antimicrobial activity of teucrium polium on. Antimicrobial activity of some indian medicinal plants ncbi. Antimicrobial activity of selected medicinal plants against. Bacillus cereus, staphylococcus aureus, escherichia coli, pseudomonas aeruginosa, fungi. Antibacterial and phytochemical studies on twelve species. The antibacterial effect of some medicinal plant extracts. The world health organization estimates that plant extract or their active constituents are used as folk medicine in traditional therapies of 80% of the worlds population. Antimicrobial activity of polyphenolrich fractions from sida alba l. Antimicrobial activity of selected medicinal plants. Antimicrobial activity of medicinal plant for oral health.
The present study was aimed at to investigate the antibacterial. Introduction knowledge of herbs has been handed down from generation to generation for. Malvaceae against cotrimoxazolresistant bacteria strains. Evaluation of antimicrobial activity of different solvent. Active extracts were fractionated for further antimicrobial evaluation. Antimicrobial activity of some important medicinal plant.
The results are discussed with the available literature. Search for new antibacterial agents should be continued by screening many plant families. Some studies investigate the effect of medicinal plants as antibacterial agents in dentistry 4, 5, while herbal extracts are widely used in oral hygiene products as well. Aqueous and ethanol extracts from these plants parts were comparatively screened for phytochemicals and in vitro antimicrobial activity. Antimicrobial activity of some plant extracts against. 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. Antimicrobial properties of medicinal plants are being increasingly reported from different parts of the world.
Studies of antimicrobial properties of different leaf. Antibacterial activity of plant extracts 247 brazilian journal of microbiology 2000 31. To compare the phytochemical present in these medicinal plants. Conclusion the results clearly indicated that scientific studies carried out on these medicinal plants, possessing, and. Phytochemical analysis of traditional medicinal plants and. Antimicrobial activity of medicinal plants against human.
Pdf antibacterial activity of important medicinal plants on human. Hence, the antimicrobial activity of ames showed broad spectrum potential as the active compounds are concentrated more in me fraction than in pe and dcm fractions which supports phytochemical screening. The present study was to evaluate the in vitro antibacterial activity, and thinlayer chromatography tlc studies from the petals of four different indian medicinal plants punica granatum, hibiscus rosasinensis, cassia auriculata, and. Review antimicrobial activity of south african medicinal.
Received 25 april 2008 received in revised form 26 may 2008 accepted 30 may 2008 available online. Arts college, sivagangai 630 561, tamilnadu, india. Traditionally, crude plant extracts are used as herbal medicine for the treatment of human infectious diseases. In the last decades a plenty of research has been done to evaluate antimicrobial effect of herbs and medicinal plant for maintaining oral hygiene. Antibacterial and antifungal activities from leaf extracts. Schulz, which form part of the local pharmacopoeia of mauritius. Frontiers antimicrobial activity of medicinal plants. Antimicrobial activity of four medicinal plants used by. Studies have shown that garlic is an effective antiviral herb when used against the common flu virus as well as common bacteria such as bacillus, streptococcus, and. Journal of medicinal plants studies from synthetic sources 12. D, kavitha thirumurugan structural biology lab, center for bio medical research, school of bio sciences technology, vit university, vellore 632 004, tamil nadu, south india. The increased resistance of microorganisms to the currently used antimicrobials has lead to the evaluation of other agents that might have antimicrobial activity.
Materials and methodology place of work staphylococcus aureus the experiments pertaining to the study were carried. Phytochemical and antimicrobial screening of medicinal. Recent work revealed the potential of several herbs as sources of drugs iwu, 2002. Antimicrobial activity and phytochemical analysis of. Some common spices and plants with antimicrobial and. The screening of plant extracts and plant products for antimicrobial activity has shown that higher plants represent a. Antimicrobial activity of four medicinal plants used by sudanese traditional medicine abd alfatah abd alla 1, christina y. Pdf medicinal plants and antimicrobial activity researchgate. In vitro antimicrobial activity of some medicinal plants. It was not until the 19th century and the rapid development of organic chemistry and pharmacology, that. Yet a scientific study of plants to determine their antimicrobial active compounds is a comparatively new field. Over the years, the use of medicinal plants have been a source of economic value to many parts of the world.
It contains many compounds that experts believe offer antiviral, antimicrobial, and antibacterial benefits. To look for the antimicrobial activity of various parts of the selected plants. Antimicrobial activities were detected in the 80% ethanolic extract of achyranthes aspera, ficus glomerata, leucas aspera, thespesia populnea and zizyphus jujube against escherichia coli, klebsiella pneumoniae and salmonella typhi. Medicinal plants are assuming widespread use in the primary health care of individuals and communities. Antimicrobial activity of some indian medicinal plants.
Shibila selva kishore research centre, department of zoology, r. Antimicrobial activity and probable mechanisms of action. Antimicrobial activity of some important medicinal plant against plant and human pathogens 12b. A study of antimicrobial activity of few medicinal herbs imedpub. The antimicrobial activity of five medicinal plants extracts aqueous and ethanol.
A study of antimicrobial activity of few medicinal herbs. Antimicrobial activity of asparagus racemosus willd. The results of this study showed that ethanolic extracts used against e. In this study, antimicrobial activities of four traditional medicinal plants from nepal were assessed by cold percolation method. A study of the medicinal plants used by the marakwet community in kenya a study of the medicinal plants used by the marakwet.
Qualitative phytochemical screening of these plants confirmed the presence of various phytochemicals like flavonoids, steroids, terpenoids, saponins, phenols, tannins and anthroquinones gave the plant extracts its. Plants are rich in a wide variety of secondary metabolites, such as tannins, terpenoids, alkaloids, and flavonoids, which have been found in vitro to have antimicrobial properties. Antimicrobial activity and phytochemical analysis of selected indian folk medicinal plants mohamed sham shihabudeen. Some studies reported the antimicrobial property of a. Bromelain a digestive enzyme extracted from the pineapple plant has been used for centuries as a folk remedy for digestive problems, and to promote wound healing. In some studies on mouthwashes, chlorhexidine is used as a positive control to compare the efficacy of other products. Introduction medicinal plants are abundant source of antimicrobial molecules.
Pdf studies of the in vitro anticancer, antimicrobial. Antimicrobial activity and phytochemical screening of. Antimicrobial, antioxidant and cytotoxicity studies of medicinal plants used in the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases tshikalange t e, mamba p, adebayo s a department of plant and soil sciences, university of pretoria, p bag x20, hatfield 0028 available online. The study will also confirm if there is a biological basis to the claim that the ethnomedicinal plant has useful medicinal purposes cowan, 1999. The test quantities of specific extracts dissolved, depending upon the solubility of the extracts. Medicinal plants, traditional uses, phytochemical effects, antimicrobial activity. In recent years, a large number of plant products have been investigated for their antimicrobial properties against bacteria and fungi. Preliminary phytochemical screening, antibacterial and antifungal potential of four medicinal plants was the aim of our study. Major groups of antimicrobial compounds from plants over the centuries man made use of medicinal plants even though he was unable to find a rational explanation for their effects. The objectives of the study were to screen out selected medicinal plants of kohat for their antimicrobial activities. Over the next few years, the study of medicinal plants as antimicrobial agents should be focused in part on ascertaining specific information about the plant s antimicrobial activity, avoiding studies in which researchers use this criterion merely as a complement to a phytochemical study.
This study was aimed to evaluate the in vitro antibacterial activity of crude methanolic extracts of nine medicinal plants. Garlic medicinal usage of garlic dates back to ancient egypt. Some common spices and plants with antimicrobial and therapeutic properties this is a synopsis of unrefereed information gleaned from various web resources. Antimicrobial activities and phytochemical profiles of. The traditional medicinal methods, specially the use of medicinal plants, still play a vital role to cover the basic health needs in the developing countries. Studies of the in vitro anticancer, antimicrobial and antioxidant potentials of selected yemeni medicinal plants from the island soqotra. Medicinal properties, pharmacological activities, antimicrobial medicinal plants, microbial resistance, antibiotics. A wide range of medicinal plants extracts are used to treat several infections as they have potential antimicrobial activity. A study of antimicrobial activity of few medicinal herbs parastoo karimi alavijeh, parisa karimi alavijeh and devindra sharma j.
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