In recent years, there has been a gradual revival of interest in the use of medicinal plants in developing countries because herbal medicines have been reported to be well tolerated when compared with synthetic drugs. Department of pharmaceutics and pharmaceutical technology, faculty of pharmacy, university of benin, benin city 300001, nigeria abstract the antifungal activity of cream formulation of mitracapusvillosus crude extract has been reported. Phytoremediation of heavy metals from flood plains of tannery. The antiinflammatory property of mitracarpus villosus sw. Pdf analgesic and antiinflammatory activities of the. A decoction of its aerial part have been reported to have significant hepatoprotective effect against induced liver injury, both. The board of trustees of the royal botanic gardens, kew. Other plants in the habitat include bucida buceras, bursera. Essential oil of mitracarpus frigidus as a potent source. Mitracarpus villosus is the most effective against c. Mitracarpus villosus leaves was tested in vitro, against four bacteria.
For more multimedia, look at mitracarpus hirtus on wikimedia commons. Taxon is the leading international journal devoted to systematics, phylogeny and taxonomy of algae, fungi, and plants. Antimicrobial activities and phytochemical screening of the leaf extract of mitracarpus scaber article pdf available in journal of biosciences 16. The plant list includes a further 17 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus mitracarpus. Bhl relies on donations to provide free pdf downloads and other services. In benin, the two grasses setaria pumila and bulbostylis hispidula and the two dicotyledonous weeds stachytarpheta indica and mitracarpus villosus prevailed. Pdf antimicrobial activities and phytochemical screening. Comparative antibiotic activities of ethanol extracts of leaves and inflorescences of mitracarpus villosus from two different geographical regions in nigeria in synergy and antagonism with conventional antibiotics.
The four main weeds in germany were the dicotyledonous species chenopodium album, galium aparine, stellaria media and capsella bursapastoris. The frothing was mixed with 3 drops of olive oil and shaken vigorously, then observed for the formation of emulsion. Antifungal activities of the tannin, phenol and saponin extracts of mitracarpus villosus against clinical isolates of candida albicans, candida. The plant list and the world checklist of selected plant families recognise 64 accepted species. Extract is responsible for its use in the treatment of ring worm infection. Essential oil of mitracarpus frigidus as a potent source of.
Phytochemical analysis of mitracarpus villosus and comparative toxicity of mitracarpus villosus ointment and honey. From the solution, serial 2 fold test tube dilution was. Mitracarpus scaber is a perennial annual herb of about 30cm tall or much smaller and possess rough leaves 2. Pharmacognostic evaluation of the leaves of mitracarpus. Ethanol extracts of leaves and inflorescences of mitracapus villosus from ikom and nsukka in the southsouth and southeast geographical regions of nigeria respectively, were analyzed for bioactivity using agar well diffusion method against four test organisms. I am following mr dandys advice on the nomenclature of this species. A new benzophenone glycoside from the leaves of mitracarpus. The antimicrobial activity of a methanol extract and isolated constituents of mitracarpus scaber, a species used in folk medicine by west african native people, was evaluated against staphylococcus aureus and candida albicans strains. Some mitracarpus species have ethnopharmacological importance as they are used in folk medicine for various purposes.
Fruit a capsule splits horizontally around the middle. Ethanol extracts of leaves and inflorescences of mitracapus villosus from ikom and nsukka in the southsouth and southeast. Girdlepod is a common name for some species in this genus species. Chemical composition, antimicrobial, and cytotoxic assessment. Leaves elliptic to ellipticlanceolate, 26 cm long, 0. Alternanthera philoxeroides alligator weed, eichhornia crassipes water hyacinth, hydrilla verticellata, pistia stratiotes water lettuce, salvinia molesta water fern, typha aungatata and water hyacinth. Girdlepod is a common name for some species in this genus. The leaf extracts of mitracarpus scaber is widely used in traditional medicine practices in west. It is branched near the base, and the erect or spreading stems may reach up to 17. In nigeria, it is known as obuobwa in igbo language, gududal in hausa language3 and irawo lle in yoruba language 4. The correct name for this species, whether mitracarpus hirtus or m. W dc is used as treatment for diarrhoea and dysentery in some communities of west. Kavirondo district near uganda border, bungoma, nov. Antifungal activities of phyto compounds from mitracarpus villosus.
The survey was conducted in the wet season of 2009 at the national horticultural research institute nihort, ibadan latitude 7 23. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. May be semiprostrate, stems often darkpurplish, leaves opposite, interpetiolar stipules. Rubiaceae, which is used traditionally for topical treatment of eczema and ring worm. Mitracarpus hirtus is a generally erect, annual plant that can be simple or. The crude extract and the hexane, ch 2 cl 2, etoac, n buoh, and hydromethanolic fractions of the aerial parts of mitracarpus frigidus were evaluated against promastigote forms of two species of leishmania l. We do not intend the plant list to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. Mitracarpus hirtus is a generally erect, annual plant that can be simple or sometimes much branched. These are primarily included because names of species rank are. West african folk medicine for the management of a. The record derives from wcsp data supplied on 20120323 which reports it as an accepted name record 128746 with original publication details. Pdf phytochemical analysis of mitracarpus villosus and.
Mitracarpus is a plant genus in the coffee family rubiaceae. The atlas of florida plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information. Gray show all show tabs white girdlepod general information. It is endemic to puerto rico, where it is known only from the guanica commonwealth forest in guanica. Sedative properties of mitracarpus villosus leaves in mice african. Mitracarpus frigidus aerial parts exhibited potent. Antifungal activities of the tannin, phenol and saponin extracts of mitracarpus villosus against clinical isolates of candida albicans, candida krusei, trichophyton. Plants profile for mitracarpus breviflorus white girdlepod. Department of agriculture agricultural research service. Chemical composition, antimicrobial, and cytotoxic.
Mitracarpus polycladus is a suffrutescent perennial. It also publishes papers on methodology, botanical history, biography, bibliography and related subjects, opinion pieces, commentaries and new perspectives, and publishes a number of regular columns including plant systematics world. The genus mitracarpus rubiaceae contains local medicinal plants for which the leaves are highly valued for the treatment of skin infections. The leaf essential oil of mitracarpus scaber showed only marginal antimicrobial or cytotoxic activities. Mitracarpus simplex rusby mitracarpus senegalensis dc. Get pdf antifungal activities of crude extracts of mitracarpus. It grows in only one location in a coastal scrub forest and dwarf forest with limestone gravel substrates. The capsules of all the chinese specimens studied are smaller than those of. The capsules of all the chinese specimens studied are smaller than those of neo.
The same trend is followed by nhexane extract except that the m. Phytoremediation of heavy metals from flood plains of. Fws species profile about species listing status, federal register publications, recovery, critical habitat, conservation planning, petitions, and life history u. The information you enter here will be stored in the downloaded file to assist you in managing your downloaded pdfs locally. Thus, the ethnobotanical uses and the bioactivity of the plant must be due to nonvolatile constituents see above rather than essential oil components. Plants profile for mitracarpus hirtus tropical girdlepod.
Pdf on jan 10, 2016, lucy johnafrica and others published analgesic and antiinflammatory activities of the ethylacetate extract of mitracarpus villosus leaves in rodents find, read and cite. Mitracarpus simplex rusby mitracarpus stylosus link cham. Among those folkloric uses, the juice of the plant is applied topically for the treatment of skin. Dc rubiaceae has been used for the treatment of various diseases in the traditional setting in nigeria. Escherichia coli, pseudomonas aeruginosa, klebsiella pneumoniae and staphylococcus. Extracts of mitracarpus villosus leaves and inflorescences were investigated individually for in vitro antifungal activities by agardiffusion and tubedilution. In germany, grain yield levels without weed competition ranged from 8. Bactericidal properties of crude extracts of mitracarpus.
Ipomoea asarifolia, mitracarpus villosus and cassia obtusifolia have showed significant level of absorption for heavy metals such as chromium and lead and can therefore be recommended as accumulators for the remediation of these heavy metals from the contaminated soil of the flood plain in the study area. Effect of varying soil minerals and phytochemical parameters. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Mitracarpus maxwelliae is a rare species of flowering plant in the coffee family known by the common name maxwells girdlepod. Mitracarpus in world checklist of selected plant families. The plant list includes 86 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus mitracarpus. For all sites, the main weeds were primarily annual species. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names. The plant list and the world checklist of selected plant families recognise 64 accepted species mitracarpus acunae alain. Phytochemical analysis of mitracarpus villosus and comparative toxicity of mitracarpus villosus ointment and honey article pdf available november 2018 with 446 reads how we measure reads. Hexane extract of the leaves was found to have a dose dependent antiinflammatory activity. Media in category mitracarpus hirtus the following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total.
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