In vitro antimicrobial activity of extracts and compounds of some selected medicinal plants from Cameroon

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• 作者：Emmanuel Jean Teinkela Mbosso ; Silvè ; re Ngouela ; Jules Clé ; ment Assob Nguedia ; Vé ; ronique Penlap Beng ; Michel Rohmer ; Etienne Tsamo
• 关键词：Antimicrobial activity ; Albizia gummifera ; Glyphaea brevis ; Monodora myristica ; Solanecio mannii ; Medicinal plants
• 刊名：Journal of Ethnopharmacology
• 出版年：2010
• 出版时间：24 March 2010
• 年：2010
• 卷：128
• 期：2
• 页码：476-481
• 全文大小：257 K

文摘

Aim of the study

Seven extracts and eight compounds from four selected Cameroonian medicinal plants, Solanecio mannii Hook f. (Asteraceae), Monodora myristica Dunal (Annonaceae), Albizia gummifera (J.F. Gmel) C.A. Smith (Fabaceae/Mimosoideae) and Glyphaea brevis (Spreng) Monachino (Tiliaceae), traditionally used for the treatment of hepatitis, parasites and other infectious diseases, were tested in vitro for their antimicrobial activity against Gram-positive (5 species) and Gram-negative (4 species) bacteria species and pathogenic yeasts (2 Candida species), to establish whether or not they have antimicrobial activity and to validate scientifically their use in traditional medicine.

Materials and methods

The agar disc diffusion and the microbroth dilution methods were used to determine the zone of inhibition between the edge of the filter paper and the edge of the inhibition area (IZ) and the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) respectively.

Results

The most active extracts against Candida albicans and Candida krusei were respectively the cyclohexane extract from the fruits of Monodora myristica and the ethyl acetate extract from the stem bark of Albizia gummifera (MIC = 6.3 μg/ml for both extracts). The lowest MIC value (1.6 μg/ml) for purified compounds was obtained on Candida albicans with a mixture of linear aliphatic primary alcohols (n-C24H50O to n-C30H62O), with n-hexacosanol (1b) as major compound and mixture of fatty acid esters of diunsaturated linear 1,2-diols (6).

Conclusion

These results afford ground informations for the potential use of the crude extracts of these species as well as of some of the isolated compounds in bacterial and fungal infections.