Antifungal Activities and Preliminary Phytochemical Investigation of Combretum Species from Zimbabwe

Pharmacognostic and Preliminary Phytochemical Investigation on Doronicum scorpioides Roots

In vitro antifungal activities of Actinomyces species isolated from soil samples against Trichophyton mentagrophytes

Background and Purpose: Cutaneous infections arise from a homogeneous group of keratinophilic fungi, known as dermatophytes. Since these pathogenic dermatophytes are eukaryotes in nature, use of chemical antifungal agents for treatment may affect the host tissue cells. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the antifungal activity of Actinomyces species against Trichophyton mentagrophytes (abbrevi...

In vitro toxicity determination of antifungal constituents from Combretum zeyheri

BACKGROUND Candida albicans is one of the organisms living on the human body symbiotically, but, in hosts with low immunity it becomes one of the most pathogenic fungal organisms. Combretum zeyheri has been reported to have antifungal, antibacterial and antioxidant activities. Medicinal plants are believed to be non-toxic by the general public. Toxicity studies, however, have indicated that the...

In Vitro Antifungal Activities of Selected Medicinal Plants from Zimbabwe against Candida albicans and Candida krusei

Thirty-eight Zimbabwean medicinal plant extracts were investigated for in vitro antifungal activity against Candida albicans and Candida krusei. These plants are used for the traditional treatment of various ailments, including fungal infections. The ethanol extracts were tested for antifungal activity using the agar disc diffusion method. The minimum inhibition concentrations (MICs) were deter...

Screening of Twenty-four South African Combretum Species and Six Terminalia Species (combretaceae) for Antioxidant Activities

The dried leaves of Combretum and Terminalia species (Com hexane, dichloromethane and methanol. Thin layer chroma under saturated conditions and sprayed with 0.2% 2,2-diphen for antioxidant screening. Visualization of separated bands the localization and the subsequent identification of the poten methanol extracts displayed the presence of antioxidant activ DPPH. Hexane and dichloromethane extr...