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ASIAN PACIFIC JOURNAL OF TROPICAL BIOMEDICINE
Volume 7, Issue 10, Pages 901-908Publisher
WOLTERS KLUWER MEDKNOW PUBLICATIONS
DOI: 10.1016/j.apjtb.2017.09.008
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- Govan Mbeki Research Development Centre, University of Fort Hare, South Africa [C127]
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Objective: To investigate phytochemical, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of Kedrostis africana (K. africana). Methods: Dried tubers of K. africana were extracted in acetone, water and ethanol. The total phenol, flavonoid, proanthocyanidin and tannin contents were determined spectrometrically. The antioxidant activity was examined using 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl, 2,20-azino-bis-(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid) diammonium salt, nitric oxide and hydrogen peroxide assays. The antimicrobial activity was determined by agar dilution method using minimum inhibitory concentration against 3 g positive and three gram negative strains while four fungal strains were also investigated. Results: Total phenol, flavonoids, proanthocyanidin and tannin contents ranged from (5.32 +/- 0.01) to (10.51 +/- 0.01) mg GAE/g; (42.58 +/- 0.02) to (529.23 +/- 0.01) mg QE/g; (15.05 +/- 0.00) to (585.64 +/- 0.00) mg CE/g and (0.301 +/- 0.010) to (0.937 +/- 0.000) mg TAE/g, respectively. The IC50 values of the ethanol extract for 2,20-azino-bis(3-ethyl-benzothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid) and hydrogen peroxide were 0.054 and 0.057 mg/mL, respectively, aqueous extract had an IC50 value of 0.135 7 mg/mL for nitric oxide while the acetone extract had an IC50 value of 0.300 mg/mL for 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl. The ethanol extract demonstrated effective antimicrobial activity against the tested pathogenic species with minimum inhibitory concentrations values ranging from 2.55.0 mg/mL for bacteria and (0.312 5-5.000 0) mg/mL for fungi, respectively. Conclusions: The tuber of K. africana showed potent free radical scavenging property and antimicrobial activity.
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