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| Antimicrobial,
antioxidant, antitumour-promoting and cytotoxic activities
of different plant part extracts of Garcinia atroviridis
Griff. ex T. Anders. |
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Crude extracts (methanol) of
various parts, viz. the leaves, fruits, roots, stem
and trunk bark, of Garcinia atroviridis were screened
for antimicrobial, cytotoxic, brine shrimp toxic,
antitumour-promoting and antioxidant activities.
The crude extracts exhibited predominantly antibacterial
activity with the root extract showing the strongest
inhibition against the test bacteria at a minimum
inhibitory dose (MID) of 15.6 µg/disc. Although
all the extracts failed to inhibit the growth of
most of the test fungi, significant antifungal activity
against Cladosporium herbarum was exhibited by most
notably the fruit (MID: 100 µg), and the leaf
(MID: 400 µg) extracts. None of the extracts
were significantly cytotoxic, and lethal towards
brine shrimps. The root, leaf, trunk and stem bark
extracts (except for the fruits) showed strong antioxidant
activity exceeding that of the standard antioxidant,
a-tocopherol. Antitumour-promoting activity (>95%
inhibition) was shown by the fruit, leaf, stem and
trunk bark extracts.
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Reference:
Wang,
M. M. Mackeen, A. M. Ali, N. H. Lajis, K. Kawazu,
Z. Hassan, M. Amran, M. Habsah, L. Y. Mooi and S.
M. Mohamed, 2000, " Antimicrobial, antioxidant,
antitumour-promoting and cytotoxic activities of
different plant part extracts of Garcinia atroviridis
Griff. ex T. Anders”, Journal of Ethnopharmacology
Volume 72, Issue 3.
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