Medicinal & Aromatic Plants
Open Access
ISSN: 2167-0412
+44 1300 500008
ISSN: 2167-0412
+44 1300 500008
Mohamed El-Shazly
Organization of African Unity Street, Abassia, Cairo 11566
Egypt
Research Article
Anti-infective Properties of Brachychiton rupestris and Brachychiton
luridum Leaves and their Qualitative Phytochemical Screening
Author(s): Amany A Thabet, Fadia S Youssef, Mohamed El-Shazly and Abdel Nasser B SingabAmany A Thabet, Fadia S Youssef, Mohamed El-Shazly and Abdel Nasser B Singab
Brachychiton rupestris and Brachychiton luridum are deciduous trees belonging to family Malvaceae. Several members of the genus Brachychiton and its related genus, Sterculia, are used in folk medicine for the treatment of infections. Herein, we investigated the antimicrobial activity of the total extracts, n-hexane, dichloromethane as well as the ethyl acetate fractions of the leaves of both species using agar well diffusion method in an effort to better consolidate the scientific basis for their traditional uses. The study was carried out against two Gram-positive and two Gram-negative bacteria together with two fungi. The extracts and fractions showed mean inhibition zones diameter in the range of 10.97-14.98 mm with minimum inhibitory concentration values ranging between 39.06 and 625 μg/mL against the susceptible bacteria and fungi. Th.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2167-0412.1000299