Antimicrobial effect of Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) Standley, against certain bacteria and fungal strains
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This study was performed to evaluate the antibacterial and antifungal potency of Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) Standley, commonly known as bottle gourd belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae. Petroleum Ether, Chloroform, Methanol, Absolute alcohol and Water showed a majority of the compound including Steroids, Alkaloids, Tannins, Flavonoids, Lactones and Carbohydrates. All the five extracts were prepared by using soxhlet apparatus and the extracts showed moderate to potent antimicrobial activity against the bacterial strains: Escherichia coli, Enterococcus faecalis, Klebsiella pneumonia, Salmonella typhi, Staphylococcus aureus and antifungal strains: such as Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus oryzae and Trichoderma harzianum.
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Lagenaria siceraria, Antibacterial, Antifungal, Phytochemicals, Leaf extracts
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Edeoga H.O., D.E. Okwu and B.O. Mbaebie (2005). Phytochemical constituents of some Nigerian medicinal plants. Afr. J. Biotechnol., 4: 685-688.
Facciola. S. (1990). Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications ISBN 0-9628087-0-9 Excellent. Contains a very wide range of conventional and unconventional food plants (including tropical) and where they can be obtained (mainly N. American nurseries but also research institutes and a lot of other nurseries from around the world.
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Moerman, D. (1998). Native American Ethnobotany Timber Press. Oregon. ISBN 0-88192-453-9. Very comprehensive but terse guide to the native uses of plants. Excellent bibliography, fully referenced to each plant, giving a pathway to further information. Not for the casual reader.
National Committee for Clinical Laboratory standards (1993). performance standards for antimicrobial disc susceptibility tests. Approved standard NCCLS Publications M2-A5. Villanova, PA, USA.
Omulokoli, E., Khan, B. and Chhabra, S.C. (1997). Antiplasmodial activity of four Kenyan medicinal plants. J. of Ethnopharmacology. 56: 133-137.
OTA Plants (1985). The Potentials for Extracting Protein, Medicines, and OtherUseful Chemicals-Workshop Proceedings (Washington, D.C. :U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, OTA-BP-F-23, September. 1983).
Shapoval, E.E.S; Silveria, S.M. Miranda, M.L. Alice, C.B. and Henriques, A.T. (1994). Evaluation of some pharmacological activities of Eugenia uniflora. J. of Ethanopharmacol. 44; 136-142.
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Siddiqui, S, Verma, A., Rather A.A., Jabeen, F. and Mukesh K. Meghvansi (2009). Preliminary phytochemical analysis of some important medicinal and aromatic plants. Ad.in Biol. Res., 3 (5-6): 188-195.
Tolulope, O. M. (2007). Cytotoxicity and antibacterial activity of Methanolic extract of Hibiscus sadbariffa. J. of Med. Plants. Res., 1: 9-13.
Umadevi, S., G.P. Mohanta, V.Chelladurai, P.K. Mann and R. Manavalan (2003). Antibacterial and antifungal activity of Andrographis echiodes. J. Nat. Remedies, 3: 185-188.
Uphof, J. C. and Th. Weinheim (1959). An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader. Dictionary of Economic plants.
Velazquez, E., H.A. Tournier, P. Mordujovich de Bushiazzo, G. Ssvedra and G.R. Schinella (2003). Antioxidant activity of Paraguayans plant extracts. Fitoterapia, 74:91-97.
Warrier P.K., Nambiar, V. P. K and Ramnkutty, C. (1995). Legenaria siceraria (Mol.) Standley, in indian medicinal plants. Vol. 3, 292. Orient Longman Limited, Madras, India
Yoganarasimha SN. 1996. Medicinal Plants of India. Vol. I, Interline Publishing Pvt., Lt., Bangalore, India.
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Antimicrobial effect of Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) Standley, against certain bacteria and fungal strains. (2011). Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 3(1), 124-127. https://doi.org/10.31018/jans.v3i1.169
