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EVALUATION OF ANTIBACTERIAL, ANTITUMOR, ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES AND PHENOLIC CONSTITUENTS OF FIELD-GROWN AND IN VITRO-GROWN LYSIMACHIA VULGARIS L
L. (Yellow loosestrife) is a medicinal plant in the family Myrsinaceae. It has been used in the treatment of fever, ulcer, diarrhea and wounds in folk medicine. It has also analgesic, expectorant, astringent and anti-inflammatory activities. Two different sources of the plant (field-grown and -grown...
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Published in: | African journal of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicines complementary, and alternative medicines, 2017, Vol.14 (2), p.177-187 |
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Summary: | L. (Yellow loosestrife) is a medicinal plant in the family Myrsinaceae. It has been used in the treatment of fever, ulcer, diarrhea and wounds in folk medicine. It has also analgesic, expectorant, astringent and anti-inflammatory activities. Two different sources of the plant (field-grown and
-grown) were used to evaluate the biological activities (antibacterial, antitumor and antioxidant) of
plant materials were collected from
plants that were previously regenerated in our laboratory.
Plant materials were extracted with water, ethanol and acetone. For antibacterial test, disc diffusion method and 10 different pathogenic bacteria were used. Antioxidant activity was indicated by using DPPH method. The total phenol amount by using Folin-Ciocaltaeu method and the total flavonoid amount by using aluminum chloride (AlCl
) colorimetric method were determined.
Generally, yellow loosestrife extracts demonstrated antibacterial activity against Gram-positive bacteria
and
. Strong antitumor activity of yellow loosestrife was observed via potato disc diffusion bioassay. Nine different phenolics were also determined and compared by using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC).
Future investigations should be focused on fractionation of the extracts to identify active components for biological activity. |
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ISSN: | 0189-6016 2505-0044 |
DOI: | 10.21010/ajtcam.v14i2.19 |