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ArticleBMC complementary and alternative medicine2017

Phytomedical assessment of two Cymbopogon species found in Nkonkobe Municipality: toxicological effect on human Chang liver cell line.

Beauty E Omoruyi, Voster Muchenje

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Article in BMC complementary and alternative medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Beauty E OmoruyiDepartment of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Fort Hare, Private Bag X1314, Alice, 5700, South Africa.
Voster MuchenjeDepartment of Livestock and Pasture Science, University of Fort Hare, Private Bag X1314, Alice, 5700, South Africa. VMuchenje@hotmail.com.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCymbopogon species are widely used as herbal remedies by the traditional healers living in Nkonkobe Municipality for the treatment and management of skin and respiratory infections. According to our survey, the plants seem to be very important because of the higher demands.

methodsThe leaves of C. validis and C. plurinodis were hydro-distilled and the resulted extracted oils were analyzed by GC/MS. Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) ranging from 7.8 to 500.0 μg/ml of the extracted oils were tested against eight bacterial strains, using micro-well dilution method. The human Chang liver cell viability was determined using the CellTiter-Blue cell assay.

resultsGC-MS analysis of the C. validis essential oil amounted to 87.03%, major components identified were Linalyl alcohol (18.9%), 2-Nephthalenemethanol (6.67%), Longifolene (6.53%), Cubedol (6.08%). Total oil percentage of C. plurinodis was 81.47% and the main components were characterized as 3-Cyclohexane-1-ol (13.58%), Nerolidol (13.6%) and 2-Carene (12.6%). The essential oils from both plants were found to be active against the growth of Gram positive than the Gram negative bacterial tested. Lethal dose at 50 (LD

conclusionBoth plants extracts were toxic to human Chang liver cell lines.

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BacteriaCell LineCell SurvivalCymbopogonHumansLiverMicrobial Sensitivity TestsOils, VolatilePlant ExtractsPlant OilsOils, VolatilePlant ExtractsPlant OilsAntimicrobial activityChemical profilingEssential oilGC-msLemon plantsToxicity evaluation

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