Screening of Venda medicinal plants for antifungal activity against Candida albicans

被引：43

作者：

Steenkamp, V. ^{[1
]}

Fernandes, A. C. ^{[1
]}

Van Rensburg, C. E. J. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Pretoria, Dept Pharmacol, ZA-0001 Pretoria, South Africa

来源：

SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY | 2007年 / 73卷 / 02期

基金：

新加坡国家研究基金会;

关键词：

antifungal activity; Candida albicans; traditional medicine; Venda;

D O I：

10.1016/j.sajb.2006.11.003

中图分类号：

Q94 [植物学];

学科分类号：

071001 ;

摘要：

Crude methanol and water extracts of 32 plant species, used for the treatment of infectious diseases in Venda, were screened for in vitro activity against Candida albicans standard strain (ATCC 1023 1) and five clinical isolates. Water extracts of 16 plant species and methanol extracts of I I plant species inhibited candidiasis growth. Inhibition at < 1 mg/ml, against the C. albicans strains tested, was observed for the methanol extracts of Combretum molle (root), Piper capense (bark), Solanum aculeastrum (fruits), Syzygium cordatum (bark) and Zanthoxylum davyi (bark) as well as the aqueous bark extract of Afzelia quanzensis and root extract of Tabernaemontana elegans. These results implicate that the extracts contain compounds with therapeutic potential against C. albicans. (c) 2006 SAAB. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：256 / 258

页数：3

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