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COMPARATIVE BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF FOUR ENDOPHYTIC FUNGI ISOLATED FROM NIGELLA SATIVA SEEDS

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Herbal medicine, natural products, tissue culture and photochemistry

Abstract

In this study, a total of four endophytic fungi have been isolated from Nigella sativa (Ranunculaceae) seeds growing in Egypt. The isolated fungi were identified morphologically and microscopically up to species to be; Alternaria pluriseptata, Aspergillus tubingensis, Aspergillus parasiticus and Eurotium pseudoglaucus. The extracts of the all identified fungi were screened biologically for antileukemic, cytotoxic, antimalarial, antileishmanial, antimicrobial, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities as well as for cannabinoid and opioid receptor binding affinities. All the examined fungal extracts showed good antileukemic activities with Ic50 values ranging from 0.025 to 0.8 µg/ml, while two of them showed cytotoxic activities against Pig kidney epithelial (LLC-PK1) cells. Two fungal extracts exhibited antimalarial activities, three showed antioxidant activities and two exhibited anti-inflammatory activities

DOI

10.21608/ajps.2019.64111

Keywords

Endophytic fungi, antileukemic, cytotoxic, Nigella Sativa

Authors

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Metwaly

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Affiliation

Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

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ametwaly@azhar.edu.eg

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59

Article Issue

1

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9670

Issue Date

2019-03-01

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2019-12-08

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2019-03-01

Page Start

123

Page End

136

Print ISSN

1110-1644

Online ISSN

2535-1958

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Original Article

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518

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Publication Title

Al-Azhar Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

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https://ajps.journals.ekb.eg/

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22 Jan 2023