Antimicrobial activities of two Nigerian edible macro-fungi-<i>lycoperdon pusilum</i>(Bat. Ex)and lycoperdon giganteum(Pers.))

Abstract

Two edible Nigerian macro-fungiLycoperdon pusilum and Lycoperdon giganteum were assayed in-vitro for their antimicrobial activities using water, methanol and ethanol as extractive solvents.Generally, the extracts were selectively active on few clinical pathogenic microorganisms.Ethanol was the best extractive solvent followed in order by methanol and water (P< 0.05

Evaluation of the Antibacterial Activity of 14 Medicinal Plants in Côte d’Ivoire

“…Previous studies also indicate that ethanol was the best solvent for extracting antimicrobial substances from some plants [17,18].…”

Total Phenolic Content, Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Properties of Pleurotus ostreatus Grown on Lime (Tilia Tomentesa) Leaves

“…Compared to other studies, P. ostreatus was able to inhibit E.coli, B. cerreus, Listeria innocua [47] and other gram positive or negative bacteria and fungi isolates [48]. Other mushrooms such as Morchella conica [49], Ramaria flava [50], Lycoperdon pusilum ve L. Giganteum [51] have also been reported to have antimicrobial activity against many microbes.…”

“…This situation has forced scientists to search for new antimicrobial substances from various plants which are good sources of novel antimicrobial chemotherapeutic agents [23,24] Mushroom species have been shown to possess antagonistic effects against bacteria, fungi, viruses and cancer [25][26][27].…”

Phytochemical Screening and Antimicrobial Evaluation of Syzygium aromaticum Extract and Essential oil

“…The mixtures were stirred intermittently every 18 hours by gently swirling of the flask thus slurry obtained was filtered after 7 days and crude residue was used for the analyses. The filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure in a rotary vacuum evaporator (NYC R-205D) at 40°C (Bag et al, 2009) thus; semisolid substance obtained was dried in hot air oven at 45°C to obtain crude extract (Jonathan and Fasidi, 2003). The crude extracts obtained were reconstituted in Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) and subjected to preliminary phytochemical screening, scavenging property and antimicrobial analysis.…”