Antimicrobial activity of selected indigenous medicinal herbs against human pathogenic bacteria

Rehman, F U; Sajjad, Ashif; Mengal, Muhammad Aslam; Taj, Muhammad Kamran; Mengal, Mohammad Alam; Mengal, Muhammad Hashim; Azam, Saima

doi:10.19045/bspab.2017.60079

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“…Punjab is the second largest province of Pakistan after Baluchistan. It encompasses of 205,344 km 2 and is located between latitudes 27.42° and 34.02° N and longitudes 69.81° and 75.23° E at the northwestern edge of the geological Indian plate in South Asia [ 35 ]. Punjab is comprised of 36 districts and 5 agro-ecological zones [ 36 ] i.e.…”

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Ethno-veterinary uses of Poaceae in Punjab, Pakistan

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Plant species of the Poaceae family are not only used as fodder and forage but also contribute substantially to the treatment of various health disorders, particularly in livestock. Consequently, the present study was aimed to document the therapeutic uses of Poaceae practiced by the inhabitants of the Punjab Province for the treatment of various veterinary health disorders. Semi structured interviews, group discussion and field walks were conducted to collect the data. Quantitative indices including cultural significance index (CSI), relative frequency of citations (RFC), fidelity level (FL), relative popularity level (RPL), and Jaccard Index (JI) were used for the data analysis. Traditional uses of 149 species belonging to 60 genera and 16 tribes of 5 sub families of Poaceae were recorded. Whole plants and leaves were the most consistently used parts with 40.94 and 29.53%. The plants were mainly given orally as fodder (59 reports) without processing followed by decoction (35 reports). Most of the species were employed to treat infectious diseases (25.93%), and digestive disorders (14.10%). Triticum aestivum had the highest CSI, RFC and RPL levels at 8.00, 0.96, 1.00, respectively, followed by Oryza sativa and Poa annua. Likewise, T. aestivum and Saccharum spontaneum had 100% FL and ROP. Jaccard index ranged from 12.25 to 0.37. Twelve plant species namely Chrysopogon zizanioides (anti-inflammatory), Pennisetum lanatum (improve bull fertility), Cymbopogon citratus (glandular secretion), Sorghum saccharatum and Themeda triandra (malaria), Aristida funiculate (anticancer), Koeleria argentia (skin allergies), Tetrapogon villosus (antibacterial), Cynodon radiatus (eyes infection), Sporobolus nervosa (Jaundice), Enneapogon persicus (antifungal), and Panicum repens (dysfunctional cattle organs) were reported for the first time, with novel ethnoveterinary uses. The inhabitants of the study area had a strong association with their surrounding plant diversity and possessed significant knowledge on therapeutic uses of Poaceae to treat various health disorders in animals. Plant species with maximum cultural and medicinal

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“…The use of plant extracts with known antimicrobial properties can be of great significance for therapeutic treatment. Selvamohan et al, 2012…”

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In Vitro Antibacterial Activity of Flower Extract of Leucas Indica

M. Sowjanya,

Ch. Venkatrayulu,

B.V. Sandeep

et al. 2023

J. Adv. Zool.

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İn this study, the antimicrobial activities of methanol extracts of flowers of Leucas indica was investigated by using agar well diffusion method against selected ten bacterial species (Pseudomonas (MTCC 424), Corynebacterium (MTCC 1349), Spingomonas (MTCC 6362), Bacillus subtilis (MTCC 441), Bacillus licheniformis (MTCC 429), Bacillus coagulans (MTCC 5856), Streptococcus (MTCC 9724), Klebsiella pneumonia (MTCC 452), E. coli (MTCC 443), and Staphyloccus (MTCC 3160). Among the ten bacterial species studied, the flower extract at concentrations of 20µg and 40µg showed antimicrobial activity against Klebsiella pneumonia, E. coli, Streptococcus, Bacillus subtilis, Spingomonas, Staphyloccus and Corynebacterium respectively.

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“…Abies webbiana is an Ayurvedic medicinal plant and commonly known as talispatra, belongs to the family panaceas. It is known with other different names in different regions according to their leaves properties such as cinnamomum Tamal in north region and Taxus baccata in region of Maharashtra, This plant has been traditionally used in the treatment of various ailments such as mental disorders, rheumatism, bronchitis, pulmonary infections, sepsis, asthma and cough [4,53]. Talispatra contains a good range of phytochemicals.…”

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Abies webbiana Ethanolic Extract Based Mouthwash and Its Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic Effect

Timothy

Nandhini

Varghese

et al. 2021

JPRI

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Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the antimicrobial and cytotoxic effect of Abies webbiana ethanolic extract based preparation of mouthwash and to compare these effects between different concentrations. Background: Abies webbiana leaves have been used in traditional siddha and ayurveda systems of medicine for common ailments such as cough, loss of appetite, indigestion, mental disorders, rheumatism, bronchitis, pulmonary infection, asthma, antiseptic and decongestant. Abies webbiana commonly known as talispatra belongs to family Pinaceae. The plant is distributed throughout India, mostly in the Himalayan region from Kashmir to Assam states. Materials and Methods: The preparation of Abies webbiana extract was done and antimicrobial activity of Abies webbiana were tested with Streptococcus mutans, Candida albicans, Enterococcus faecalis, Staphylococcus aureus through agar well diffusion method. Each bacterial culture was spread on the Luria-Bertani agar plates. Dried extract of Abies webbiana, dissolved in autoclave distilled water to make 25mg/mL, 50mg/mL, 100mg/mL. Incubated for 24 hours at 37o C and diameter of zone of inhibition were recorded in millimeter and compared with standard amoxicillin. Cytotoxic activity of Abies webbiana was assessed using brine shrimp lethality assay. A total of 10 nauplii were added into the three replicates of each concentration of the prepared extract. After the period of 24 hours the remaining brine shrimp were counted. Results: The results of the study revealed that the the Abies webbiana formulation based mouthwash is having significantly higher antimicrobial activity than the antibiotic against S. aureus at all the tested concentrations whereas against E. faecalis the antimicrobial effect was significantly lower than the antibiotic. Against S. mutans, higher concentrations of the mouthwash had the antimicrobial effect comparable to that of the antibiotic. The antimicrobial effect against C. albicans was very less for all the tested concentrations of the mouthwash and the antibiotic. This mouthwash also possessed cytotoxic effects on nauplii which were within normal limits and it was found that the nauplii alive was directly proportional to the concentrations except in the concentration of 40μl. Conclusion: Within the limitations of the current study, ethanolic extract of Abies webbiana based preparation of mouthwash shows the antimicrobial activity almost comparable to amoxicillin. It was also revealed that it possesses less cytotoxic effect against brine shrimp which are within normal limits.

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Antimicrobial activity of selected indigenous medicinal herbs against human pathogenic bacteria

Cited by 4 publications

References 8 publications

Ethno-veterinary uses of Poaceae in Punjab, Pakistan

Ethno-veterinary uses of Poaceae in Punjab, Pakistan

In Vitro Antibacterial Activity of Flower Extract of Leucas Indica

Abies webbiana Ethanolic Extract Based Mouthwash and Its Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic Effect

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