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| Title |
Antibacterial and antifungal activities and phytochemical profile of leaf extract from different extractants of Ricinus communis against selected pathogens
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| Published in |
BMC Research Notes, December 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13104-017-3001-2 |
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| Authors |
Jennifer Suurbaar, Richard Mosobil, Addai-Mensah Donkor |
| Abstract |
Ricinus communis leaves are used in herbal preparations for treating candidiasis, skin and wound infections in Ghana. This study aimed at comparing the phytochemical profile of aqueous, methanol, petroleum ether, ethyl acetate and ethanolic extracts of the leaves of Ricinus communis and determine the growth inhibitory activities, bactericidal, bacteriostatic and fungicidal effects of the respective extracts on Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumonaie and Candida albicans. The aqueous, methanol and ethanol extracts were shown to contain most of the phytochemicals analyzed. All solvents extracts exhibited inhibitory activity against the growth of all microorganisms under study. The methanol extract showed highest zones of inhibition and was found to be statistically significant (P < 0.05) compared to other solvents extracts. All solvents extracts exhibited both bacteriostatic and bactericidal effects on the test organisms at varying concentration, with MIC values ranging from 3.13 to 25.0 mg/ml and MBCs were from 200 to 400 mg/ml. MFCs of Candida albicans was between 200 and 400 mg/l. Our data confirm the anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties of R. communis and showed that the biologically relevant phytochemicals from the leaves of this plant can be extracted with the solvents aqueous, methanol and ethanol. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Australia | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 152 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Bachelor | 19 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 9% |
| Researcher | 11 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 10 | 7% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 7% |
| Other | 24 | 16% |
| Unknown | 65 | 43% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 23 | 15% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 16 | 11% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 12 | 8% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 9 | 6% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 9 | 6% |
| Other | 19 | 13% |
| Unknown | 64 | 42% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 December 2017.
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#2,145
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