Benhura man1, muchuweti m1, gombiro pe2 and c benhura2. Usda, ars, germplasm resources information network. In response to the growing needs of conserving and sustainably using the worlds plant genetic resources, the global crop diversity trust has been established. Department of pharmacology, university of pretoria, faculty of health sciences, south africa. Multiple cellular effects of leaf extracts from parinari. Crude extract of the plant was found to be rich in phytochemicals of medicinal importance such as alkaloids, tannins, saponins, flavonoids. In most african countries, people in rural areas collect edible wild fruits that include parinari curatellifolia for direct consumption or processing into food products especially during periods of food shortage. Parinari curatellifolia is a large, evergreen, spreading tree up to 20 m tall with a single bare stem and a dense, roundish to mushroomshaped crown. Phytochemistry, pharmacology and therapeutics 336 the ability of the anthocyanins extracts, in this study, to reverse the pathological events leading. Studies of soils under parinari curatellifolia suggest that organic matter levels are doubled and phosphate levels are increased by almost five times wilson, 1989. Antimicrobial, antiplasmodial, haemolytic and antioxidant.
Nigerian journal of basic and applied sciences vol. Acetic acid extract had the highest antimicrobial activity with zones of. Creative commons attributionnoncommercialsharealike 3. Department of agriculture agricultural research service. Chrysobalanaceae mobola plum fruit is found in miombo woodlands of southern africa joulain et al. Abdurahman 1 department of pharmacognosy and ethnomedicine, usmanu danfodiyo university, sokoto. Properties of parinari curatellifolia hacha or chakata. The aqueous and organic solvent extract of the stem of parinari curatelifolia were screened for phytochemical and antibacterial activity by hole in plate bioassay procedure.
Parinari curatellifolia african orphan crops consortium. Traditional medicine has remained as the most affordable and easily accessible source of treatment in the primary healthcare system of resource poor communities in zimbabwe. Protective effects of parinari curatellifolia flavonoids. Evaluation of acute toxicity in mice and subchronic toxicity. In zimbabwe, it is estimated that out of the 5000 species, about 10 % of them are being used as medicinal plants 5.
Pdf preliminary phytochemical screening, antibacterial activity. Article full text enhanced pdf format, 314607 bytes. Atere 1 1department of chemistry, ekiti state university, p. Idofun is an evergreen tropical tree of africa, found in various kinds of deciduous woodland most frequently in poorly drained areas and inland at moderate altitudes.
Quercetin is the main flavonoid, followed by myricetin and kaempferol in gooseberry ramadan, 2011. Large amounts of flavonoids such as quercetin, myricetin and kaempferol, are reported in cape gooseberry by bravo et al. Traditional use of medicinal plants in southcentral. Useful tropical plants database 2014 by ken fern, web interface by ajna fern with help from richard morris. Peni j, elinge cm, yusuf h, itodo au, agaie bm, mbongo an, chogo e. Parinari curatellifolia family chrysobalancaceae, order malphighiales, class magnoliopsida. Triterpenoids and steroids from the bark of pinus merkusii.
Indigenous fruits possess the potential to contribute to food, nutrition security, health and the income of rural communities in southern africa, especially in dry areas where cultivation of exotic fruit species is often not possible stadlmayr et al. In some cases, fruit bearing trees because of their domestic and market value are retained even. Parinari curatellifolia is a prominent plant in folk medicine in subsaharan africa. The results can also be downloaded as a csv file unicode utf8 encoding. Parinari is a genus of plant in the family chrysobalanaceae species of genus parinari are found in subsaharan africa from senegal to sudan and kenya and south to namibia and natal.
It is an evergreen, with palegreen spreading foliage forming a dense roundish to mushroomshaped crown. Protective effects of parinari curatellifolia flavonoids against acetaminopheninduced hepatic necrosis in rats. Mobola plum description parinari curatellifolia is a large, evergreen, spreading tree up to 20 m tall with a single bare stem and a dense, roundish to mushroomshaped crown. General information mbola is an evergreen shrub or tree with a dense, mushroomshaped crown. Antimicrobial activity of medicinal plants against oral microorganisms.
Research article open access multiple cellular effects of leaf extracts from parinari curatellifolia mitchelle gororo1, theresa chimponda2, elaine chirisa2 and stanley mukanganyama2,3 abstract background. Despite the increasing acceptance of traditional medicine in zimbabwe, this rich indigenous knowledge is not adequately documented. The results can also be downloaded as a csv file unicode utf8 encoding see status, confidence level, source for definitions. Among all the tested plant extracts, it was interesting to note. In vivo and in vitro inhibition of rat liver glutathione transferases activity by extracts from combretum zeyheri combretaceae and parinari curatellifolia chrysobalanaceae david gweshelo, rudo muswe, stanley mukanganyama. Mawula r regeneration of threatened indigenous fruit species in uganda. Extracts of mobola plum parinari curatellifolia planch ex. Multiple cellular effects of leaf extracts from parinari curatellifolia. Other plant extracts exhibited either moderate to weak antifungal activity. Phytochemical screening and antibacterial activity of parinari curatellifolia stem extract article pdf available in journal of medicinal plant research 420 october 2010 with 525 reads.
Physical and chemical characterization of roasted cashew. Most of the plants are used traditionally to treat different illnesses in sudan. The extract from parinari curatellifolia had an mic of 8 g disk and an mbc of 63 gdisk. Studies on the analgesic and antipyretic activities of ethanolic extract of carica papaya leaves in rats 378 b. Parinari curatellifolia images useful tropical plants. May 04, 20 peni j, elinge cm, yusuf h, itodo au, agaie bm, mbongo an, chogo e. This study, the second on an ongoing series, reports on the medicinal plant species used in katoro ward, bukoba district, and tries to use. These indigenous fruits yield a harvest even during drought, since they are well adapted to their local environment. The high crude protein and crude fat content reported in this work were in agreement with the work of arogba 27 on cashew and lower than that reported for cashew nut 5. In the present study, we investigated the hepatoprotective potential of parinari curatellifolia planch chrysobalanaceae in experimental rats in order to ascertain the validity of folkloric claims of its effectiveness in the treatment of hepaticrelated disorders. The local people have a long history of traditional plant usage for medicinal purposes.
Parinari curatellifolia is an evergreen tropical tree of africa, found in various kinds of deciduous woodland most frequently in poorly drained areas and inland at moderate altitudes. Branaueremmettteller, thermal gravimetric analysis, xray diffraction, scanning electron microscope, xray florescence, and hammett. Parinari curatellifolia seeds are ethnobotanically used in the treatment of diabetes and other diseases. The antimicrobial activity of the extracts was assayed. Caralluma edulis, whose phytochemistry and phytopharmacology should be investigated further in order to detect possible phytotherapeutic uses in the prevention of ards and ad. The seeds of parinari curatellifolia, commonly called mobola plum, are widely employed in traditional medicine for the management of various diseases including hypertension olaleye et al. The air dried leaf of parinari curatellifolia was extracted using the soxhlet extractor. Phytochemical screening of some sudanese medicinal plants. The operating principle is to convey the fruits by auger screw against a stationary sieve, due to. The curative effect of parinari curatellifolia leaf extract on epiglottitis was investigated. The range of values shows that parinari curatellifolia oil is less susceptible to primary oxidation. Traditional use of medicinal plants in southcentral zimbabwe.
Antibacterial activity and phytochemical evaluation of the leaf root and stem bark extracts of parinari. Pdf phytochemical screening and antibacterial activity of. Phytochemical and nutritional properties of underutilised. Parinari curatellifolia stem extract, phytochemical constituents, antibac. The mobola plum is an evergreen tree growing up to 20m with a distinct mushroom shape and yields exceptional large quantities of reddishyellow fruits, mottled with grey national research council, 2008. The database and code is licensed under a creative commons attributionnoncommercialsharealike 3. The chemical, fatty acid and sensory evaluation of parinari. The dynamic interethnic interactions of different people from the surrounding countries constitute a rich reservoir of herbal based healing practices. The seed drug preparations are administered over a long period of time in the treatment of certain disease conditions. The study evaluated the potential use of agricultural waste, tamarindus indica fruit shell ash, as a solid base catalyst for production of biodiesel. Parinari curatellifolia planch ex benth chrysobalanaceae is used in. Parinari curatellifolia fruit contents for the benefit of the local populace, the goal being to enhance food security and income generation through fruit pulp products and new tastes. The chemical, fatty acid and sensory evaluation of parinari curatellifolia seeds h.
Regeneration of threatened indigenous fruit species in. Crude extract of the plant was found to be rich in phytochemicals of medicinal importance such. Parinari curatellifolia is a good source of some macronutrients, especially vitamin c, and might contribute significantly to the mineral requirements of the rural populace. Ethnomedicine of the kagera region, north western tanzania. In another work, the antimicrobial activities of hexane, chloroform, acetone, ethanol, methanol and aqueous extracts from roots and leaves of. Evaluation of acute toxicity in mice and subchronic. Review open access traditional use of medicinal plants in. Uses of parinari curatellifolia fruit in mbozi plateau, tanzania. See status, confidence level, source for definitions. Phytochemical and antibacterial evaluation of parinari. The tree has a single bare stem, with dark gray, deeply. The different parts leaf, root and stem bark extracts of parinari curatellifolia were studied to. Microorganisms are increasingly developing resistance against commonly used antimicrobial agents, and the use of herbs in the treatment of diseases is becoming widely accepted.
Triterpenoids and steroids from the bark of pinus merkusii pinaceae masendra, a tatsuya ashitani, b koetsu takahashi, b and ganis lukmandaru a, serratene triterpenoids are considered chemotaxonomy compounds from the pinaceae family, within the pinus genus. It is also known as mupundu or mobola plum after the fruit, which is considered tasty and causes the tree to be spared when woodland is cleared for cultivation. Antibacterial activity and phytochemical evaluation of the leaf root. Parinari curatellifolia is a valuable medicinal plant and different parts of the plant are used by traditional herbalists in the treatment of many medical conditions 1. Crude methanol and water extracts of 36 plants, employed in the treatment of diseases of probable bacterial. The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety of the seed extract through acute toxicity study. Phytochemical screening, elemental analysis, parinari curatellifolia.
Pdf phytochemical screening and antibacterial activity of parinari. Pdf phytochemical screening and antibacterial activity. It is an evergreen, medium to large tree, 10 m high, although heights of 2326 m have been recorded in certain regions. The results are in agreement with fatty acids confirmed to be present in parinari curatellifolia oil by oladimeji ao et al 2011. Curative effect of parinari curatellifolia leaf extract on. Phytochemical screening and antibacterial activity of parinari curatellifolia stem extract. Parinari curatellifolia in the germplasm resources information network grin, u. The kagera region of north western tanzania has a rich culture of traditional medicine use and practices. The purpose of the study was to determine the properties of parinari curatellifolia fruit from amby, waterfalls and acadia in harare. Authors contributions this work was carried out in collaboration between all authors. Parinari curatellifolia is a miombo woodland tree that bears green to grey oval shaped fruit that turns yellowish to brown when ripe. However, no studies have been conducted on the constituents of serratene triterpenoids of pinus merkusii. More g, tshikalange te, lall n, botha f, meyer jjm.
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