Antibacterial activity of the essential oil from Cymbopogon nervatus inflorescence

EL-Kamali, Hatil Hashim; Hamza, Manhal Ahmed; Elamir, Mohammed Yagoub Mohammed

doi:10.1016/j.fitote.2005.03.001

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“…(commonly known as maharaib) and C. nervatus (Hochst.) Inflorescence of C. nervatus is used for the treatment of kidney pains and urethritis (El-Kamali, Hamza, & El-Amir, 2005) and the leaves against indigestion, as carminative and tonic (El-Kamali & El-Khalifa, 1999). (commonly known as nal) are of economic importance (Modawi, Magar, Satti, & Duprey, 1984).…”

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“…In Sudanese traditional medicine, the aerial part of C. schoenanthus is used as stomachache (El Ghazali, El-Tohami, & El-Egami, 1994), antispasmodic (Suleiman, 2015), and to treat diabetes (Issa et al, 2018). Inflorescence of C. nervatus is used for the treatment of kidney pains and urethritis (El-Kamali, Hamza, & El-Amir, 2005) and the leaves against indigestion, as carminative and tonic (El-Kamali & El-Khalifa, 1999).…”

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“…Previous pharmacological studies showed that the essential oil of C. schoenanthus possessed insecticidal (Ketoh, Koumaglo, Glitho, & Huignard, 2006), antioxidant (Khadri et al, 2008), antiacetylcholinesterase (AChE) (Khadri et al, 2008), anthelmintic (Katiki, Chagas, Bizzo, Ferreira, & Amarante, 2011), antibacterial (Hashim, Almasaudi, Azhar, Al Jaouni, & Harakeh, 2017), antifungal, and anti-inflammatory (Norbert et al, 2014) activities. The essential oil of C. nervatus inflorescence was shown to exhibit antibacterial (El-Kamali et al, 2005) and spasmolytic (Omar et al, 2016) activities.…”

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Chemical profile, antiproliferative, antioxidant, and enzyme inhibition activities and docking studies of Cymbopogon schoenanthus (L.) Spreng. and Cymbopogon nervatus (Hochst.) Chiov. from Sudan

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Essential oils from the inflorescence of Cymbopogon schoenanthus and C. nervatus growing in Northern Sudan were examined for their chemical composition, antiproliferative activity against human breast carcinoma and human colon adenocarcinoma cell lines, antioxidant activity (phosphomolybdenum, antiradical, reducing power, and ferrous chelating), and enzyme inhibition activity against acetylcholinesterase butyrylcholinesterase, tyrosinase, α-glucosidase, and α-amylase. In silico study on the inhibition of tyrosinase and α-amylase was also performed. Piperitone (59.1%) andisomers of para-menthadienols (35.3%) were the main compounds in C. schoenanthus and C. nervatus oils, respectively. Oil from C. nervatus possessed higher antioxidant activity than that from C. schoenanthus except for its metal chelating ability.Both oils showed high antiproliferative activity. In silico study showed that transp-mentha-2,8-dien-1-ol and piperitone (both isomers) revealed the best docking scores for α-amylase and tyrosinase, respectively. In conclusion, oils from these two Cymbopogon species could be new natural agents with functional properties for food, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical industries. Practical applicationsRecently, there is a growing tendency to replace synthetic oils by natural ones in the cosmetic, food, and pharmaceutical products. In this context, we investigated the chemical characterization and biological activities of two Cymbopogon species essential oils (C. schoenanthus (L.) Spreng. and C. nervatus). Antioxidant capacity, enzyme inhibition, and antiproliferative effects were tested for biological activities. Chemical characterization was identified by GC-MS. Based on our findings, the Cymbopogon species may be utilized as sources of natural bioactive agents in food industries. K E Y W O R D Santioxidant, antiproliferative, chemical profile, Cymbopogon, enzyme inhibition

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“…It is known that plant produce certain chemicals which are naturally toxic to bacteria but not to humans. Extracts of various Sudanese medicinal plants have been reported to possess antibacterial activity (21,22,23). It is an established fact that intensive use of antibiotics is often followed by the development of resistantce strains.…”

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Antimicrobial Activity of Petroleum Ether, Ethylacetatate and Methanolic Fraction of Five Sudanese Medicinal Plant

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Five medicinal plants (Acanthospermum hispidum, Achyranthus aspera, Ambrosia maritima, Combretum hartmannianum and Commiphora myrrh) were shade dried, grinded and extracted with different solvents according to the increasing polarity, petroleum ether, ethyl acetate and Methanol. All the dried extract were tested for their antimicrobial activity against four standard strains, two Gram positive Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, and two Gram negative bacterial strains Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and against two fungal strains Aspergillus niger and Candida albicans. in vitro, using the agar well diffusion method. The crude extracts showed varying level of bactericidal activity at the higher cocentration (100 mg/well). The highest antibacterial activity was found in methanolic extracts and lowest in the petroleum ether fraction. Combretum hartmannianum showed broad spectrum of antimicrobial activity, and produced the highest zone of inhibition against all the tested Gram-negative and Gramposivive bacteria, with maximum activity observed against Bacillus subtilis (IZ = 35 mm). Other plant crude extracts were active against different bacterial strains. The methanolic, ethyl acetate and petroleum ether fraction of C. hartmannianum are suitable candidates for the development of novel antibacterial herbal formulation. Photochemical screening of methanolic extracts of C. hartmannianum was performed for the various constituents: flavonoids, saponins, tannins, alkaloids, essential oils and terpens. The results of TLC analysis of C. hartmannianum extracts were shown as R f values for saponins, essential oils, flavonoids and tannins.

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“…Alcohol-based hand sanitizers exist in liquid, foam, and easyflowing gel formulations. Sometimes combined with quats (quaternary ammonium cations) such as benzalconium chloride quarts are added at level up to 200parts per million to increase antimicrobial effectiveness [14].…”

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Formulation, Evaluation and Antibacterial Efficiency of water-based herbal Hand Sanitizer Gel

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Hands are the primary mode of transmission of microbes and infections. Hand-washing is critical in food production, food service and also important in healthcare setting, homes and day care preparations. The present research was aimed to evaluate the antibacterial efficacy of various herbal oils such as Cinnamon oil, Eucalyptus oil, menthol oil and lavender oil and found that cinnamon oil showed better antibacterial activity. Also the research was carried out to formulate and evaluate the poly herbal Hand wash gel containing Azadirachta indica, Ocimum sanctum and Citrus limon extracts. The anti-microbial activity of the formulated herbal hand wash gel was tested against Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella by spread plate techniques and the results obtained were compared with commercial antibacterial standards. Also the efficiency was checked by using the hand wash gel on volunteers. The results from the present work suggest and support the incorporation and utilization of herbs in the formulations to give better effect.

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Antibacterial activity of the essential oil from Cymbopogon nervatus inflorescence

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Chemical profile, antiproliferative, antioxidant, and enzyme inhibition activities and docking studies of Cymbopogon schoenanthus (L.) Spreng. and Cymbopogon nervatus (Hochst.) Chiov. from Sudan

Chemical profile, antiproliferative, antioxidant, and enzyme inhibition activities and docking studies of Cymbopogon schoenanthus (L.) Spreng. and Cymbopogon nervatus (Hochst.) Chiov. from Sudan

Antimicrobial Activity of Petroleum Ether, Ethylacetatate and Methanolic Fraction of Five Sudanese Medicinal Plant

Formulation, Evaluation and Antibacterial Efficiency of water-based herbal Hand Sanitizer Gel

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