Biologically active traditional medicinal herbs from Balochistan, Pakistan

The biological activities of the following four important medicinal plants of Balochistan, Pakistan were checked; Grewia erythraea Schwein f. (Tiliaceae), Hymenocrater sessilifolius Fisch. and C.A. Mey (Lamiaceae), Vincetoxicum stocksii Ali and Khatoon (Asclepiadaceae) and Zygophyllum fabago L. (Zyg...

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Published in:Journal of ethnopharmacology 2005-01, Vol.96 (1), p.331-334
Main Authors: Zaidi, Mudassir A., Crow, Sidney A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anti-Bacterial Agents - chemistry
Anti-Bacterial Agents - isolation & purification
Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology
Antibacterial
antibacterial properties
Antifungal activity
Antifungal Agents - chemistry
Antifungal Agents - isolation & purification
Antifungal Agents - pharmacology
antifungal properties
Bacteria - drug effects
Balochistan
Biological activities
Biological and medical sciences
Fungi - drug effects
General pharmacology
Grewia
Grewia erythraea
Herbal Medicine
Humans
Hymenocrater sessilifolius
Lamiaceae
Medical sciences
medicinal plants
Medicine, Traditional
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Pakistan
Pharmacognosy. Homeopathy. Health food
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
plant extracts
Plant Extracts - chemistry
Plant Extracts - isolation & purification
Plant Extracts - pharmacology
traditional medicine
Vincetoxicum
Vincetoxicum stocksii
Zygophyllum
Zygophyllum fabago
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Summary:The biological activities of the following four important medicinal plants of Balochistan, Pakistan were checked; Grewia erythraea Schwein f. (Tiliaceae), Hymenocrater sessilifolius Fisch. and C.A. Mey (Lamiaceae), Vincetoxicum stocksii Ali and Khatoon (Asclepiadaceae) and Zygophyllum fabago L. (Zygophyllaceae). The methanolic extracts were fractionated into hexane, ethyl acetate, chloroform, butanol and water. The antifungal and antibacterial activities of these plants were determined against 12 fungal and 12 bacterial strains by agar well diffusion and disk diffusion assays. The extract of Zygophyllum fabago was found to be highly effective against Candida albicans and Escherichia coli. The extract of Vincetoxicum stocksii was also found to be significantly active against Candida albicans, Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus cereus. Extracts of Hymenocrater sessilifolius and Grewia erythraea showed good activity only against Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
ISSN:0378-8741
1872-7573
DOI:10.1016/j.jep.2004.07.023