Evaluation of several tree species for activity against the animal fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 64-71

  Suleiman, M M ^a,b   McGaw, L J ^a   Naidoo, V ^a   Eloff, J N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antifungal; Medicinal plants; Microdilution assay; Minimum inhibitory concentration

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DILUTION; FUNGUS; MEDICINAL PLANT; PATHOGEN; PLANT EXTRACT; POULTRY;

ANACARDIACEAE; ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURSERACEAE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COMBRETACEAE; COMBRETUM; COMMIPHORA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; KHAYA ANTHOTHECA; KIRKIA WILMSII; KIRKIACEAE; LOXOSTYLIS ALATA; MELIACEAE; MICROSPORUM CANIS; NEGIBACTERIA; OCHNA; OCHNACEAE; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 71349084009     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. Aligiannis N., Kalpotzakis E., Mitaku S., and Chinou I.B. Composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oils of two Origanum species. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 40 (2001) 4168-4170
2. Archibald L., Phillips L., Monnet D., McGowan J.E., Tenover F.C., and Gaynes R.P. Antimicrobial resistance in isolates from inpatients and outpatients in the United States: increasing importance of the intensive care unit. Clinical Infectious Diseases 24 (1997) 211-215
3. Briskin D.P. Medicinal plants and phytomedicines. Linking plant biochemistry and physiology to human health. Plant Physiology 24 (2000) 507-514
4. Buwa L.V., and Van Staden J. Antibacterial and antifungal activity of traditional medicinal plants used against venereal diseases in South Africa. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 103 (2006) 139-142
5. Chariandy C.M., Seaforth C.E., Phelps R.H., Pollard G.V., and Khambay B.P.S. Screening of medicinal plants from Trinidad and Tobago for antimicrobial and insecticidal properties. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 64 (1999) 265-270
6. Clardy J., Fischbach M.A., and Walsh C.T. New antibiotics from bacterial natural products. Nature Biotechnology 24 (2006) 1541-1550
7. Cowan M.M. Plant products as antimicrobial agents. Clinical Microbiology Reviews 12 (1999) 564-582
8. Clarkson C., Maharaj V.J., Crouch N.R., Grace M.O., Pillay P., Matsabisa M.G., Niresh B., Smith P.J., and Folb P.I. In vitro antiplasmodial activity of medicinal plants native to or naturalized in South Africa. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 92 (2004) 177-191
9. Denning D.W. Invasive aspergillosis. Clinical Infectious Diseases 26 (1998) 781-803
10. Dismukes W.E. Introduction to antifungal drugs. Clinical Infectious Diseases 30 (2000) 653-657
11. Dold A.P., and Cocks M.L. Traditional veterinary medicine in the Alice district of Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 97 (2001) 375-379
12. Eloff J.N. A sensitive and quick method to determine minimal inhibitory concentration of plant extracts for bacteria. Planta Medica 64 (1998) 711-714
13. Eloff J.N. Which extractant should be used for the screening and isolation of antimicrobial components from plants?. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 60 (1998) 1-8
14. Eloff J.N. The antibacterial activity of 27 southern African members of the Combretaceae. South African Journal of Science 95 (1999) 148-152
15. Eloff J.N. Antibacterial activity of marula (Sclerocarya birrea (A. rich.) Hochst. subsp. caffra (Sond.) Kokwaro) (Anacardiaceae) bark and leaves. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 76 (2001) 305-308
16. In: Germishuizen G., and Meyer N.L. (Eds). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia vol. 14 (2003), National Botanical Institute, Pretoria
17. Groll A.H., Shah P.M., Mentzel C., Schneider M., Just Nuebling G., and Huebner K. Trends in the postmortem epidemiology of invasive fungal infections at a University hospital. Journal of Infection 33 (1996) 23-32
18. Hamza O.J.M., Van den Bout-van den Beukel C.J.P., Matee M.I.N., Moshi M.J., Mikx F.H.M., Selemani H.O., Mbwambo Z.H., Van der Ven A.J.A.M., and Verweij P.E. Antifungal activity of some Tanzanian plants used traditionally for the treatment of fungal infections. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 108 (2006) 124-132
19. Holetz F.B., Pessini G.L., Sanches N.R., Cortez D.A.G., Nakamura C.V., and Filho B.P.D. Screening of some plants used in the Brazilian folk medicine for the treatment of infectious diseases. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 97 (2002) 1027-1031
20. Houghton P.J., Howes M.J., Lee C.C., and Steventon G. Uses and abuses of in vitro tests in ethnopharmacology: Visualizing an elephant. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 110 (2007) 391-400
21. Hostettmann K., Marston A., Ndjoko K., and Wolfender J.L. The potential of African plants as a source of drugs. Current Organic Chemistry 4 (2000) 973-1010
22. Klopper R.R., Smith G.F., Gautier L., Chatelain C., and Spichiger R. The African plant checklist and database project. Conference South African Association for Botanists, Port Elizabeth, Programme and Abstracts (2006) 93-94
23. Kotze M., and Eloff J.N. Extraction of antibacterial compounds from Combretum microphyllum (Combretaceae). South African Journal of Botany 68 (2002) 62-67
24. Kuete V., Nguemeving R.J., Beng V.P., Azebaze A.G.B., Etoa F., Meyer M., Bodo B., and Nkengfack E. Antimicrobial activity of the methanolic extract of Vismia laurentii De Wild (Guttiferae). Journal of Ethnopharmacology 109 (2007) 372-379
25. Kunin C.M. Resistance to antimicrobial drugs-a worldwide calamity. Annals of Internal Medicine 118 (1993) 557-561
26. Martínez M.J., Betancourt J., Alonso-González N., and Jauregui A. Screening of some Cuban medicinal plants for antimicrobial activity. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 52 (1996) 171-174
27. Masoko P., Picard J., and Eloff J.N. Antifungal activities of six South African Terminalia species (Combretaceae). Journal of Ethnopharmacology 99 (2005) 301-308
28. Nikaido H. Outer membrane. In: Neidhardt F.C. (Ed). Escherichia coli and Salmonella: Cellular and Molecular Biology vol. 1 (1996), ASM Press, Washington, DC 29-47
29. Nfi A.N., Mbanya J.N., Ndi C., Kameni A., Vabi M., Pingpoh D., Yonkeu S., and Moussa C. Ethnoveterinary medicine in the Northern Provinces of Cameroon. Veterinary Research Communications 25 (2001) 71-76
30. Pell, S.K., 2004. Molecular systematics of the cashew family. (Anacardiaceae). PhD Thesis, Graduate Faculty of Louisiana State University of Agricultural and Mechanical College, United States of America.
31. Pooley E. Trees of Natal, Zululand and Transkei (1993), Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban 244-246
32. Rang H.P., Dale M.M., Ritter J.M., and Moore P.K. Pharmacology. 5th ed. (2003), Churchill, Livingstones. Edinburgh 797
33. Rippon J.W. Medical mycology: the pathogenic fungi and the pathogenic actinomycetes (1982), W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia 565-568
34. Sahm D.F., Marsillio M.K., and Piazza G. Antimicrobial resistance in key bloodstream bacterial isolates: electronic surveillance with the surveillance network database-USA. Clinical Infectious Diseases 29 (1999) 259-263
35. Shai L.J., McGaw L.J., Masoko P., and Eloff J.N. Antifungal and antibacterial activity of seven traditionally used South African plant species active against Candida albicans. South Africa Journal of Botany 74 (2008) 677-684
36. Silva G.L., Lee I., and Kinghorn D. Special problems with the extraction of plants. In: Cannell R.J.P. (Ed). Natural Products Isolation (1998), Humana Press, New Jersey 343-363
37. Stickler D.J., and King J.B. Bacterial sensitivity and resistance. Intrinsic resistance. In: Russell A.D., Hugo W.B., and Ayliffe G.A.J. (Eds). Principles and Practice of Disinfection, Preservation and Sterilization (1992), Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford
38. Stevens D.A. Fungal infections in AIDS patient. British Journal of Clinical practice (Suppl.) 71 (1990) 11-22
39. Suleiman, M.M., 2009. The in vitro and in vivo biological activities of antifungal compounds isolated from Loxostylis alata A. Spreng. ex Rchb. PhD Thesis, Phytomedicine Programme, Paraclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria.
40. Van Wyk B., Van Wyk P., and Van Wyk B.-E. Photographic guide to trees of southern Africa. 1st ed. (2000), Briza Publications, Pretoria 196
41. Watt J.M., and Breyer-Brandwijk M.G. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. 2nd ed. (1962), Livingstone, London
42. Walsh C. Molecular mechanisms that confer antibacterial drug resistance. Nature 406 (2000) 775-781
43. Wink M., and Schimmer O. Modes of action of defensive secondary metabolites. In: Wink M. (Ed). Functions of Plant Secondary Metabolites and Their Exploitation in Biotechnology (1999), CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida 17-112