Antifungal and Antibacterial Activity of Crude Stem Bark Extracts’ of Bersama abysinicca Verdc. and Faurea saligna Harr
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Date
2015
Authors
Amuka, O
Machocho, A.K
Okemo, P .O
Mbugua, P. K
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Research Journal of Medicinal Plant
Abstract
The two plant species were obtained from Mau Forest Complex in the Rift Valley, Kenya.
Various parts of the two plants: Bersama abysinicca Verdc. Family, Melathiaceae and Faurea
saligna Harr. Family, Proctaceae have been used in vogue by the Ogiek communities, who inhabit
the area as their indigenous home, as source of traditional medicines for several ailments of human
and livestock. Bersama abysinicca bark has been used in the management of blackwater east coast
fever and rift valley fever in cattle. This study carried antimicrobial screening to uncover new
antimicrobial agents from higher plants thus exposing their potentials. It is also aimed at
demystifying the secrecy in which traditional African medicine has been shrouded for centuries.
In the past, there has been no scientific verification to validate the efficacy of the traditional
phytomedicine in the Ogiek community. Three methods were used to obtain various plant extracts.
The first method was by obtaining crude plant extracts using methanol as a solvent. The second
method was used by obtaining crude plant extracts through sequential extraction with ethyl acetate
and petroleum ether as the third. Results showed that different plant species exhibited various
bioactivities either on fungi, bacteria or on both categories of pathogens. The plant species extracts
exhibited bactericidal and antifungal activities. Further researches should be carried out into the
possibilities of formulation and commercialization of the plants as phytomedicine.
Description
Research Article
Keywords
Livestock diseases, Antimicrobial activities, Sequential extraction, Phytomedicine development
Citation
Quiroga, E. N., Sampietro, A. R., & Vattuone, M. A. (2004). In vitro fungitoxic activity of Larrea divaricata cav. extracts. Letters in applied microbiology, 39(1), 7-12.