Anogeissus leiocarpus (DC.) Guill and Peer (Combretaceae) and Adansonia digitata L. (Malvaceae), Tropical Medicinal Plants Traditionally Used for the Management of Gastro-intestinal Parasitosis of Small Ruminants: Chemical Composition Study

Medicinal plants are considered modern resources for producing agents that could act as alternatives to antibiotics in demeanor of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The aim of the study was to evaluate the chemical composition and antibacterial activities of essential oil of Foeniculum vulgare (FV) against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Bacillus subtilis. Gas chromatography mass spectrometry was done to specify chemical composion. As a screen test to detect antibacterial properties of the essential oil, agar disk and agar well diffusion methods were employed. Macrobroth tube test was performed to determinate MIC. The results indicated that the most substance found in FV essential oil was Trans-anethole (47.41 %), also the essential oil of FV with 0.007 g/ml concentration has prevented P. aeruginosa and with 0.002 g/ml concentration has prevented B. subtilis from the growth. Thus, the research represents the antibacterial effects of the medical herb on test P. aeruginosa and B. subtilis. We believe that the article provide support to the antibacterial properties of the essential oil. The results indicate the fact that the essential oil from the plant can be useful as medicinal or preservatives composition.

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Extraction of Essential Oils from Medicinal Plants and their Utilization as Food Antioxidants

Current Pharmaceutical Design ◽

10.2174/1381612826666200121092018 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 26 (5) ◽

pp. 519-541 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Giovanna Ferrentino ◽

Ksenia Morozova ◽

Christine Horn ◽

Matteo Scampicchio

Keyword(s):

Chemical Composition ◽

Medicinal Plants ◽

Beneficial Effect ◽

Essential Oils ◽

Bioactive Compounds ◽

Antimicrobial Properties ◽

Food Products ◽

Human Diseases ◽

Present Review ◽

Green Technologies

Background: The use of essential oils is receiving increasing attention worldwide, as these oils are good sources of several bioactive compounds. Nowadays essential oils are preferred over synthetic preservatives thanks to their antioxidant and antimicrobial properties. Several studies highlight the beneficial effect of essential oils extracted from medicinal plants to cure human diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, or obesity. However, to preserve their bioactivity, the use of appropriate extraction technologies is required. Method: The present review aims to describe the studies published so far on the essential oils focusing on their sources and chemical composition, the technologies used for their recovery and their application as antioxidants in food products. Results: The review has been structured in three parts. In the first part, the main compounds present in essential oils extracted from medicinal plants have been listed and described. In the second part, the most important technologies used for extraction and distillation, have been presented. In detail, conventional methods have been described and compared with innovative and green technologies. Finally, in the last part, the studies related to the application of essential oils as antioxidants in food products have been reviewed and the main findings discussed in detail. Conclusions: In summary, an overview of the aforementioned subjects is presented by discussing the results of the most recent published studies.

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Correction: Yu, D.Q., et al. Microscopic Characteristic and Chemical Composition Analysis of Three Medicinal Plants and Surface Frosts. Molecules 2019, 24, 4548

Molecules ◽

10.3390/molecules26020379 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 26 (2) ◽

pp. 379

Author(s):

Da Qing Yu ◽

Xiao Jing Han ◽

Ting Yu Shan ◽

Rui Xu ◽

Jin Hu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Chemical Composition ◽

Medicinal Plants ◽

Composition Analysis ◽

Microscopic Characteristic ◽

Chemical Composition Analysis

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Antimycobacterial natural products from Moroccan medicinal plants: Chemical composition, bacteriostatic and bactericidal profile of Thymus satureioides and Mentha pulegium essential oils

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine ◽

10.1016/j.apjtb.2016.08.002 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 6 (10) ◽

pp. 836-840 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Marwa Chraibi ◽

Abdellah Farah ◽

Sara Lebrazi ◽

Oumaima El Amine ◽

Mohammed Iraqui Houssaini ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Natural Products ◽

Chemical Composition ◽

Medicinal Plants ◽

Essential Oils ◽

Mentha Pulegium ◽

Thymus Satureioides

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Chemical composition, antimicrobial activity and biological properties of essential oils

International Journal of Life Sciences ◽

10.3126/ijls.v9i2.12043 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 9-13 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Amir Hossein Saeidnejad ◽

Peyman Rajaei

Keyword(s):

Chemical Composition ◽

Medicinal Plants ◽

Essential Oil ◽

Essential Oils ◽

Antimicrobial Properties ◽

Biological Properties ◽

Antioxidant Agents ◽

Ancient Times ◽

High Concentrations ◽

Oil Repellent

Essential oils constitute a heterogeneous collection of chemical compounds. Their main characteristics are that they all synthesized by plants and are volatile and mostly soluble in ethanol. They have traditionally been obtained from plants and they have been widely used for insecticidal, medicinal and cosmetic purposes. Essential oils contains about 20–60 components at quite different concentrations and they are characterized by two or three major components at fairly high concentrations. Lately, the essential oils and various extracts of plants have gained special interest as sources of natural antimicrobial and antioxidant agents because of the resistance to antibiotics that some microorganisms have acquired and the possible toxicities of the synthetic antioxidants. Spices consumed daily in different types of food to improve flavors, since ancient times, are well known for their antioxidant and antimicrobial properties. During recent decades, numerous numbers of plants have been monitored for their possible role as repellents and insecticides. In this review, the chemical composition profile of some important medicinal plants was evaluated, then antimicrobial properties of a number of essential oils was compared. Antioxidant activity of some essential oils was also considered. Finally, essential oil repellent properties an an important characteristics was evaluated. Further investigation for available data related to the other biological properties of medicinal plants essential oil is recommended.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijls.v9i2.12043 International Journal of Life Sciences 9 (2) : 2015; 9-13

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Pharmacology and Phytochemistry of Ecuadorian Medicinal Plants: An Update and Perspectives

Pharmaceuticals ◽

10.3390/ph14111145 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (11) ◽

pp. 1145

Author(s):

Chabaco Armijos ◽

Jorge Ramírez ◽

Melissa Salinas ◽

Giovanni Vidari ◽

Alírica I. Suárez

Keyword(s):

Chemical Composition ◽

Medicinal Plants ◽

Secondary Metabolites ◽

Essential Oils ◽

Volatile Compounds ◽

Biological Activities ◽

Indigenous Communities ◽

Therapeutic Agents ◽

Practical Applications ◽

Pharmacological Studies

The use of plants as therapeutic agents is part of the traditional medicine that is practiced by many indigenous communities in Ecuador. The aim of this study was to update a review published in 2016 by including the studies that were carried out in the period 2016–July 2021 on about 120 Ecuadorian medicinal plants. Relevant data on raw extracts and isolated secondary metabolites were retrieved from different databases, resulting in 104 references. They included phytochemical and pharmacological studies on several non-volatile compounds, as well as the chemical composition of essential oils (EOs). The tested biological activities are also reported. The potential of Ecuadorian plants as sources of products for practical applications in different fields, as well the perspectives of future investigations, are discussed in the last part of the review.

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Ethnobotanical investigation on medicinal plants used against human ailments in Erkowit and Sinkat areas, Eastern Sudan

Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity ◽

10.13057/biodiv/d210748 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 21 (7) ◽

Author(s):

MANAR ADAM ◽

ABDEL AZIM AHMED ◽

Ahmed Yagi ◽

Sakina Yagi

Keyword(s):

Medicinal Plants ◽

Psidium Guajava ◽

Traditional Healers ◽

Adansonia Digitata ◽

Healthcare Provision ◽

Informants Consensus Factor ◽

Preliminary Study ◽

Breast Inflammation ◽

Very High ◽

Eastern Sudan

Abstract. Adam M, Ahmed AA, Yagi A, Yagi S. 2020. Ethnobotanical investigation on medicinal plants used against human ailments in Erkowit and Sinkat areas, Eastern Sudan. Biodiversitas 21: 3255-3262. The present study provides ethnobotanical data for the traditionally used medicinal plants of Erkowit and Sinkat, Eastern Sudan. The survey data were collected from 53 traditional healers through a survey carried out in February-December 2018. Fifty-eight plant species represent 34 flowering families and one Parmeliaceae lichen that are used for therapeutic purposes in the selected area. The families of highest prevalence were Euphorbiaceae (8 species) followed by Leguminosae (7 species). To validate information on the use of plants,: Use Value (UV), Fidelity Level (FL), and Informants’ Consensus Factor (ICF) were applied. The most commonly used species was Adansonia digitata with a UV of 0.89. The majority of the informants agreed on the use of Oxalis anthelmintica to treat anemia and Psidium guajava in the treatment of tuberculosis and cough, with a very high FL (92% and 91% respectively). All informants agreed on the effectiveness of Withania somnifera in treating breast inflammation and cancer, with top ICF of 1. These medicinal plants play an important role in the available healthcare provision in the study area. This preliminary study should be further continued into scientific assessment of their therapeutic use and safety through different biological activity tests and toxicological properties.

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National Inventory of Medicinal Plants Used to Treat Sheep and Goats Diseasesin Benin (West Africa): Effect of Socioeconomic and Environmental Factors

10.21203/rs.3.rs-22950/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Esaïe TCHETAN ◽

Pascal Abiodoun OLOUNLADE ◽

Thierry Dehouegnon HOUEHANOU ◽

Erick Virgile Bertrand AZANDO ◽

Josette Afiavi KANEHO ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Medicinal Plants ◽

Environmental Factors ◽

Traditional Knowledge ◽

Small Ruminants ◽

Scientific Work ◽

Herd Size ◽

Medicinal Species ◽

Sheep And Goats ◽

Agroecological Zones ◽

Agroecological Zone

Abstract Background: Small ruminant health problems still represent a major constraint in Benin. Thus, to treat goats and sheep diseases, breeders use medicinal plants. However, little scientific work has been done on the traditional knowledge of these plants.The specific objectives of the current study were (i) to document the traditional knowledge regarding the disease groups treated and the medicinalplants used in the health and zootechnical management of small ruminants in Benin and (ii) to assess the effect of sex, ethnicity, agroecological zone and herd sizeassociatedwith them. Methods: To achieve these objectives, an ethnoveterinary survey was conducted in different agroecological zones from September 2018 to February 2019. A semi-structured questionnaire was administered to 506 breeders and farmers and took into account the identity of the respondents, the plants used to treat the ailmentsfor improving the productivity of sheep and goats, the parts used and the method of preparation of the recipes. The data were analyzed through the calculation the Relative Frequency of Citation (RFC), Fidelity Level (FL), and Consensus Factor of the Informant (CFI). Descriptive statistics and multivariate analyses were applied to our data using the software R and Minitab. The symptoms recordedfrom the respondents were categorized into 10 disorder groups using the second version of the International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC). Results: Ten (10) categories of disorders were treated by the people surveyed. These are mainly disorders of the digestive system (D) (49.34%) and disorders related to pregnancy and parturition (W) (20.15%). A total of 101 species medicinal plantsbelonging to 42 families and 90 genera were recorded. The most represented families are Leguminosae (21.57%) and Euphorbiaceae (6.86%). The most cited speciesare Zanthoxylumzanthoxyloides (Lam.) Watermann, Khayasenegalensis (Desr.) A. Juss, Strigahermonthica (DeliIe) Benth. and Adansoniadigitata L. Sex, ethnicity, agroecological zone and herd size are the socioeconomic and environmental factors that influence the level of ethnoveterinary knowledge. Conclusions: Results showedthe high diversity of medicinal species used to treat small ruminant’sdiseasesin Benin. Chemical and biological analyzes are needed to test the effectiveness of the main inventoried plants. Keywords : Ethnoveterinary, sheep, goats, Benin.

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