Pub Date : 2020-10-07DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.92423
Naveen Kumar Dubey
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Pub Date : 2020-09-27DOI: 10.1080/10496475.2020.1815921
A. Shil, S. Mukherjee, B. Bishayi, Mausumi Sikdar (Nee) Bhakta
ABSTRACT Community associated strains of Staphylococcus aureus were isolated and treated with extracts of Catharanthus roseus and Camellia sinensis (black tea) to examine their antibacterial potential, either alone or in combination with an antibiotic, ampicillin. Results of MIC values (Minimum Inhibitory Concentration), growth inhibitory patterns, SEM images of the clinical and standard strains in the presence of their ethanolic extracts indicated that C. roseus root had greater antibacterial potential than black tea. The FIC (Fractional Inhibitory Concentration) values suggested that the combination of C. roseus root extract and ampicillin had a greater antibacterial activity due to a synergistic effect, than that of the combination of black tea and ampicillin, which exerted an additive effect.
{"title":"A Comparison of Antibacterial Effects of Catharanthus roseus and Camellia sinensis (Black Tea) and Their Synergistic Effect along with Antibiotic against Multiple Antibiotic Resistant Strains of Staphylococcus aureus","authors":"A. Shil, S. Mukherjee, B. Bishayi, Mausumi Sikdar (Nee) Bhakta","doi":"10.1080/10496475.2020.1815921","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10496475.2020.1815921","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Community associated strains of Staphylococcus aureus were isolated and treated with extracts of Catharanthus roseus and Camellia sinensis (black tea) to examine their antibacterial potential, either alone or in combination with an antibiotic, ampicillin. Results of MIC values (Minimum Inhibitory Concentration), growth inhibitory patterns, SEM images of the clinical and standard strains in the presence of their ethanolic extracts indicated that C. roseus root had greater antibacterial potential than black tea. The FIC (Fractional Inhibitory Concentration) values suggested that the combination of C. roseus root extract and ampicillin had a greater antibacterial activity due to a synergistic effect, than that of the combination of black tea and ampicillin, which exerted an additive effect.","PeriodicalId":35803,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10496475.2020.1815921","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46243241","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-08-21DOI: 10.1002/9781119036685.index
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Pub Date : 2020-08-21DOI: 10.1002/9781119036685.ch5
A. Sánchez-Camargo, Lidia Montero, J. Mendiola, M. Herrero, E. Ibáñez
A.P.S.C. thanks to the Administrative Department of Science, Technology and Innovation COLCIENCIAS (Colombia) for her postdoctoral research fellowship (784-1077 2017). M. H. would like to thank MICINN for his “Ramon y Cajal” research contract. The authors would also like to thank Projects AGL2017-89417-R (MINECO, Spain) and I-LINK1096 (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, CSIC), for their financial support.
感谢哥伦比亚科学、技术和创新行政部门为她提供博士后研究奖学金(784-1077 2017)。m.h.要感谢MICINN给他的“Ramon y Cajal”研究合同。作者还要感谢AGL2017-89417-R项目(MINECO，西班牙)和I-LINK1096项目(CSIC高级科学研究委员会)的财政支持。
{"title":"Novel Extraction Techniques for Bioactive Compounds from Herbs and Spices","authors":"A. Sánchez-Camargo, Lidia Montero, J. Mendiola, M. Herrero, E. Ibáñez","doi":"10.1002/9781119036685.ch5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119036685.ch5","url":null,"abstract":"A.P.S.C. thanks to the Administrative Department of Science, Technology and Innovation COLCIENCIAS (Colombia) for her postdoctoral research fellowship (784-1077 2017). M. H. would like to thank MICINN for his “Ramon y Cajal” research contract. The authors would also like to thank Projects AGL2017-89417-R (MINECO, Spain) and I-LINK1096 (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, CSIC), for their financial support.","PeriodicalId":35803,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83856877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-07-23DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.92732
S. S. Al-taie, Noor Falah Mahde Al-Kenane
The Mentha longifolia were found to be a rich source of phytochemical compounds like piperitone, piperitone oxide, piperitenone, pulegone, d-limonene, menthone, carvone, menthol, β -caryophyllene, 1,8-cineole, 5,7,4-trihydroxy-6,2,3-trimethoxyflavone, carvone, limonene, tripal, and oxathiane. Mentha longifolia possess antioxidant effect that could be attributed to the presence of phytosterosls, unsaturated fatty acids, phenolic compounds, and specific volatile constituents and antimicrobial and interfere in the treatment of many diseases.
{"title":"Study Biochemistry of Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds.: A Review","authors":"S. S. Al-taie, Noor Falah Mahde Al-Kenane","doi":"10.5772/intechopen.92732","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.92732","url":null,"abstract":"The Mentha longifolia were found to be a rich source of phytochemical compounds like piperitone, piperitone oxide, piperitenone, pulegone, d-limonene, menthone, carvone, menthol, β -caryophyllene, 1,8-cineole, 5,7,4-trihydroxy-6,2,3-trimethoxyflavone, carvone, limonene, tripal, and oxathiane. Mentha longifolia possess antioxidant effect that could be attributed to the presence of phytosterosls, unsaturated fatty acids, phenolic compounds, and specific volatile constituents and antimicrobial and interfere in the treatment of many diseases.","PeriodicalId":35803,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79424116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-07-18DOI: 10.1080/10496475.2020.1795041
B. Meera, P. Muralidharan, R. Hari
ABSTRACT The effects of ethanolic seed extract of Caesalpenia bonducella (ESECB) on in vivo enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidant levels and histopathological changes in Mifepristone-induced polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) female rats were evaluated. PCOS-induced rats were treated with ESECB at 200 mg and 400 mg kg−1 b.w. p.o. for 28 d. Metformin 20 mg kg−1 b.w. was used as a standard drug. At the end of the experimental period, blood was collected from all rats for the estimation of enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidants. Ovaries were used for the histopathological analysis. In rats treated with Mifepristone, there was a decrease in the antioxidant enzymes catalase, super oxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase, glutathione – S – transferase and glutathione reductase, which increased in the ESECB-treated groups. The altered levels of non-enzymatic antioxidants were also brought back to normal levels in these groups. Histopathology showed that the ESECB-treated rats regained normal physiology of ovarian architecture, which was distorted due to the PCOS condition.
摘要:本研究探讨了黄花籽醇提物(ESECB)对米非司酮诱导的多囊卵巢综合征(PCOS)雌性大鼠体内酶促和非酶促抗氧化水平及组织病理学变化的影响。pcos诱导大鼠分别给予ESECB 200 mg和400 mg kg - 1 b.w.，连续28 d。以二甲双胍20 mg kg - 1 b.w.作为标准药。在实验结束时，收集所有大鼠的血液，用于评估酶促和非酶促抗氧化剂的含量。采用卵巢进行组织病理学分析。米非司酮组大鼠抗氧化酶过氧化氢酶、超氧化物歧化酶、谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶、谷胱甘肽- S -转移酶和谷胱甘肽还原酶均降低，esecb组升高。在这些组中，非酶抗氧化剂的变化水平也恢复到正常水平。组织病理学结果显示，经esecb处理的大鼠卵巢结构恢复了正常的生理机能，卵巢结构因PCOS而扭曲。
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Pub Date : 2020-07-06DOI: 10.1080/10496475.2020.1786874
S. Rudra, K. Islam, M. Rahman, S. Uddin
ABSTRACT Community managed Village Common Forest (VCF) in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHTs) in Bangladesh is an example of sustainable forest management under non-governmental customary rules and regulations. This study explored the diversity of medicinal plants and their therapeutic uses by ethnic communities at two VCFs in Rangamati hill district. A total of 30 square plots of size was selected by stratified random sampling from the two VCFs. All medicinal plants of different habits were recorded to calculate phytosociological attributes and diversity indices. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to survey the community and local herbalists to list the ethno-medicinal uses of available plant species. A total 204 species belonging to 160 genera and 76 families used by the communities in CHTs for treating about 197 diseases/ailments were recorded. Leaves were the most used part (145 species) followed by roots (119 species) and stem (53 species). In terms of habit form, herbs were the highest percentage (44%) followed by trees (26%) and shrubs (16%). The diversity indices indicated the presence of diverse medicinal plants.
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Pub Date : 2020-07-05DOI: 10.1080/10496475.2020.1786873
Ritu Tiwari, Tusha Tripathi, Y. Khan, Annie Gupta, M. Dhobi, S. Srivastava, Brahma N. Singh, K. Shanker, V. Kalaiselvan, G. Singh
ABSTRACT The primary and secondary metabolites of different parts of Aegle marmelos were isolated, the cyclic polyols were characterized. The antioxidant activities in vitro and in a cell-based human liver AML-12 cells and the anti-inflammatory activities of isolated quinic acid and ethanol extract of leaves were determined. One hundred and thirty two primary and secondary metabolites were identified in the extracts by HPLC, GC-MS, and NMR. Results demonstrated A. marmelos as an antioxidant and a sustainable by-product with therapeutic potential for treating inflammation.
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Pub Date : 2020-07-03DOI: 10.1080/10496475.2020.1787290
C. Hiremath, Greeshma M, N. Gupta, Baskaran Kuppusamy, K. Shanker, V. Sundaresan
ABSTRACT Genetic diversity based on molecular, morphological, and chemical characteristics was examined in Kalmegh (Andrographis paniculata). The study evaluated 10 Kalmegh accessions in a randomized complete blocks design and characterized over two Kharif seasons (2017–18 and 2018–19) for plant characteristics, yield, and andrographolide, neoandrographolide, and 14-deoxy-11, 12 dehydroandrographolide (14-DDA). Analysis of variance revealed differences among all the characters. Morphological diversity studies based on genetic similarity matrix and principal component analysis formed three clusters, cluster-I (two), cluster-II (three), and cluster-III (five) accessions. Molecular diversity analysis was performed by using arbitrary amplified 20 intersimple sequence repeat (ISSR) primers, generated 202 amplified products with an average of 10.1 amplicon per primer, among them 140 (7.00) were polymorphic and 62 (3.10) were monomorphic bands. Polymorphic information content for ISSR primers ranged from 0.02 to 0.37 and resolving power ranged from 0.20 to 9.02. Clustering based on unweighted pair group method with arithmetic mean grouped 10 germplasms into two broad clusters and two subclusters in cluster one. Chemical analysis of accessions revealed considerable variability among the 10 accessions. Andrographolide, neoandrographolide, and 14-DDA content ranged from 2.29% (IC-342195) to 3.59% (IC-342134), 0.58% (Anamalai), to1.86% (IC-471917) and 0.06% (Sirsi) to 0.12% (Anamalai), respectively. There was a negative correlation between morphological and ISSR markers.
{"title":"Morphometric, chemotypic, and molecular diversity studies in Andrographis paniculata","authors":"C. Hiremath, Greeshma M, N. Gupta, Baskaran Kuppusamy, K. Shanker, V. Sundaresan","doi":"10.1080/10496475.2020.1787290","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10496475.2020.1787290","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Genetic diversity based on molecular, morphological, and chemical characteristics was examined in Kalmegh (Andrographis paniculata). The study evaluated 10 Kalmegh accessions in a randomized complete blocks design and characterized over two Kharif seasons (2017–18 and 2018–19) for plant characteristics, yield, and andrographolide, neoandrographolide, and 14-deoxy-11, 12 dehydroandrographolide (14-DDA). Analysis of variance revealed differences among all the characters. Morphological diversity studies based on genetic similarity matrix and principal component analysis formed three clusters, cluster-I (two), cluster-II (three), and cluster-III (five) accessions. Molecular diversity analysis was performed by using arbitrary amplified 20 intersimple sequence repeat (ISSR) primers, generated 202 amplified products with an average of 10.1 amplicon per primer, among them 140 (7.00) were polymorphic and 62 (3.10) were monomorphic bands. Polymorphic information content for ISSR primers ranged from 0.02 to 0.37 and resolving power ranged from 0.20 to 9.02. Clustering based on unweighted pair group method with arithmetic mean grouped 10 germplasms into two broad clusters and two subclusters in cluster one. Chemical analysis of accessions revealed considerable variability among the 10 accessions. Andrographolide, neoandrographolide, and 14-DDA content ranged from 2.29% (IC-342195) to 3.59% (IC-342134), 0.58% (Anamalai), to1.86% (IC-471917) and 0.06% (Sirsi) to 0.12% (Anamalai), respectively. There was a negative correlation between morphological and ISSR markers.","PeriodicalId":35803,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10496475.2020.1787290","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44443704","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-07-02DOI: 10.1080/10496475.2019.1707736
U. Sen, R. Bhakat
ABSTRACT The diversity and conservation status of medicinal plants were studied in the coastal East Midnapore district under West Bengal in India. Information on the medicinal plants was obtained from semistructured questionnaires, interviews, and field excursions involving herbalists and taxonomists. A semistructured questionnaire was used to interview a total of 120 informants. By using different quantitative indices, results were analyzed for fidelity level (FL), informant consensus factor (ICF), and use value (UV). In this study, 162 plant species were reported as being used for medicinal purposes. Fabaceae was a dominant family, and the most frequently used parts were leaves (20.35%); the most used herbal medicinal preparation method was a decoction (38.27%) and the highest ICF was noted for digestive disorders (27.24%). The FL varied from 17.86% to 100%. Species having the highest UV was Ricinus communis (0.01595). The findings show that medicinal plants were the main sources of medicines for primary health care.
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