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PHYTOCHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL STUDIES ON SOME MEDICINAL PLANTS

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Herbal medicine, natural products, tissue culture and photochemistry

Abstract

Biological studies on thirteen ethanolic plant extracts (Rosmarinus officinalis ,Ocimum basilicum , Moringa oleifera, Zingiber officinale, Curcuma longa, Nigella sativa ,Cinnamomum verum ,Salvia officinalis, Lepidium sativum, Foeniculum vulgare, Anethum graveolens, Ficus benghalensis and Cinnamomum camphora )revealed that four of them (Rosmarinus officinalis , Zingiber officinale, Cinnamomum verum and Cinnamomum camphora) were the best active against two  bacterial species ;  E. coli , S .aureus  and  one fungus species  C. albicans. Also, their synergistic effects against E. coli, S. aureus  and  C. albicans were studied .So, the phytochemical studies were completed on these four  plants . This study aimed to evaluate the chemical composition of the best active plant extracts. The chemical   major content of   Rosmarinus officinalis  was eucalyptol  (7.48%)   , Zingiber officinale was gingerol (12.73%) , Cinnamomum verum  was      (E)-  cinnamaldehyde (25.55  %  )  and Cinnamomum camphora was eugenol  ( 27 .35% ) . The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values varied from 0.625 to 2.5 mg/ml, for the S. aureus (gram positive bacteria) affected by Rosmarinus officinali Zingiber officinale, Cinnamomum verum and Cinnamomum camphora. Respectively. C. albicans was the most effective microorganism by Cinnamomum verum and the least effective microorganism by Rosmarinus officinalis and Cinnamomum camphora. ethanolic extracts, as MIC ranged from 0.15 to 1.25 mg/ml.

DOI

10.21608/ajps.2020.118379

Keywords

Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Candida albicans, Rosmarinus officinalis, Zingiber officinale, Cinnamomum verum, Cinnamomum camphora, antimicrobial activity, Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC)

Authors

First Name

Amina

Last Name

El-Kelany

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Affiliation

Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar, University, Girl Branch, Cairo, Egypt.

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aminamohammed.2059@azhar.edu.eg

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62

Article Issue

2

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17816

Issue Date

2020-09-01

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2020-08-09

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2020-09-01

Page Start

110

Page End

134

Print ISSN

1110-1644

Online ISSN

2535-1958

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https://ajps.journals.ekb.eg/article_118379.html

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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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PHYTOCHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL STUDIES ON SOME MEDICINAL PLANTS

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Created At

22 Jan 2023