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ArticleAfrican health sciences2022

Crude extracts activity of three selected medicinal plants from the Venda region against some pathogenic organisms.

Khumbelo Mabadahanye, Nolwazi L Bhembe, Ezekiel Green

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Article in African health sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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  3. The In Vitro Pharmacokinetics of Medicinal Plants: A Review.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  6. Editorial.African health sciences · 2022
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Khumbelo MabadahanyeDepartment of Biotechnology and Food Technology, University of Johannesburg, 55 Beit Street, Doornfontein Johannesburg 2028 South Africa; mabadahanyek@gmail.com, nbhembe@uj.ac.za, egreen@uj.ac.za.
Nolwazi L BhembeDepartment of Biotechnology and Food Technology, University of Johannesburg, 55 Beit Street, Doornfontein Johannesburg 2028 South Africa; mabadahanyek@gmail.com, nbhembe@uj.ac.za, egreen@uj.ac.za.
Ezekiel GreenDepartment of Biotechnology and Food Technology, University of Johannesburg, 55 Beit Street, Doornfontein Johannesburg 2028 South Africa; mabadahanyek@gmail.com, nbhembe@uj.ac.za, egreen@uj.ac.za.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The emerging of antimicrobial resistance has become a problem as it is threatening public health worldwide. Objectives: To extract crude extracts from three different medicinal plants, test activity against Mycobacterium smegmatis, Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli and screen for phytochemicals of those that showed activity against the targeted bacteria. Methods: KirkiaacuminataOliv., Dichrostachyscinerea (L.) Wight &Arn. and MimusopszeyheriSond. plants were collected at Thengwe area, Mafukani village, Limpopo Province, South Africa. The plant materials collected were extracted using four solvents. Antimicrobial screening was accomplished using the agar well diffusion method and the crude extracts that showed activity against the targeted organisms were screened for phytochemicals using different tests. Results: With all solvents used for extraction, methanol had a greater yield of 14.1% from Dichrostachyscinerea crude extracts. Kirkiaacuminata and Dichrostachyscinerea were medicinal plants that inhibited Mycobacterium smegmatis and Staphylococcus aureus at the lowest concentration of 2.5 mg/ml and 1.25 mg/ml. Conclusions: The results from this study show that the selected medicinal plants are active against Mycobacterium smegmatis and Staphylococcus aureus and their pharmacological properties can be further analyzed for the development of new drugs.

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Anti-Infective AgentsPlants, MedicinalEscherichia coliHumansMicrobial Sensitivity TestsPhytochemicalsPlant ExtractsSolventsStaphylococcus aureusAnti-Infective AgentsPhytochemicalsPlant ExtractsSolventsAntimicrobial activitycrude extractsmedicinal plantsphytochemicals

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PMCPMC9652633

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