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- Title
Antimicrobial activities of different solvent extracts from stem and seeds of Peganum Harmala L.
- Authors
Arif, Muhammad; Wang, Xiukang; Kazi, Mohammad Sayyar Khan; Ullah Khan, Shahid; Saeed, Sumbul; Khan, Amir Muhammad; Khan, Rahmat Ali; Afzal, Masood; Nawaz, Ayesha Fazal; Zia, Muhammad Amir; O. Elansary, Hosam; Shokralla, Shadi; Alhalabi, Abdullah; Gul, Alia; Fiaz, Sajid
- Abstract
Wild medicinal herbs have been used as folk and traditional medicines all across the world since well before recorded history. This present study was designed to test the antimicrobial activities of five different solvent extracted samples (n-hexane, n-butanol, ethyl acetate, methanol, and water) of Peganum harmala using stems and seeds. Two different strains of Gram-negative bacteria (Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumonia), two Gram-positive bacteria (Bacillus subtilus and Staphylococcus aureus), and one fungal strain (Candida albicans) were used. The antimicrobial activities were measured using a disc diffusion assay. Two concentrations of the extracts (1 and 2mgDisc-1) were used. Ethyl acetate fraction was found more affective among the tested solvents and showed maximum activity (zone of inhibition) against S. aureus (65.53 and 81.10%), E. coli (46.22 and 61.29%) while n-butanol and water fractions gave maximum activity against S. aureus (78.86 and 70.00%) and K. pneumonia (57.00 and 61.39%) respectively. Water fraction showed maximum activity against C. albicans (60.00 and 81.88%). In the case of the stem, Ethyl acetate again showed more activity against B. subtilus (38.57 and 42.10%) and S. aureus (36.66 and 46.66%) while n-butanol showed maximum activity against K. pneumonia (24.55 and 32.44%) and E. coli (27.93 and 37.61%). Methanol was found more effective against C. albicans (25.71 and 43.80%). Seed extracted samples were found more effective compared to the stem. Ethyl acetate, butanol, and aqueous extracted samples showed good activity against the tested microbes, so these fractions are recommended for study their mechanism of actions and isolation of bioactive metabolites responsible for antimicrobial activities. The P. harmala should be evaluated for their bioactive compounds to be used in future studies. Our objective is to provide the framework for future study on the roles of P. harmala as traditional medicines.
- Subjects
PEGANUM harmala; ANTI-infective agents; ESCHERICHIA coli; GRAM-negative bacteria; GRAM-positive bacteria; ETHYL acetate; KLEBSIELLA pneumoniae; CLOSTRIDIUM acetobutylicum
- Publication
PLoS ONE, 2022, Vol 17, Issue 4, p1
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0265206