Evaluation of Phytochemical Screening and Antifungal Activity for Some Annual Plant Extracts in Egypt
Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences G. Microbiology • 2021
Publication Information
Authors
Reham M. Mostafa, El Desouky T.A., El Sayed T., Abd El Aziz A.M. and Ashraf S.A. El-Sayed
Keywords
Sonchus oleraceus, Cichorium pumilum, Portulacaoleraceae Phytochemical screening, Primary and Secondary metabolites.
Journal
Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences G. Microbiology
Publisher
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Volume
13
Issue
1
Pages
73-87
publication.type
Local
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Abstract
Egypt has many wild plants such as Sonchus oleraceus, Cichorium pumilum and Portulacaoleraceae which are one of the perfect sources of natural effective compounds including alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins, terpenes, steroids and phenols. This study investigated that P.oleracea has a greater total phenolic, flavonoids and antioxidant activity followed by S. oleraceus and finally C. pumilum. Also, alkaloid was found in all the plants examined with the highest quantities obtained in S. oleraceus (78.6%) then, P. oleracea (66.4%), while C. pumilum have 41.8%. While total terpenoid and saponin were the highest percentages with Portulaca oleracea (61.6%) and (35.3%) respectively. In addition to all the extracts could inhibit these fungi at a different level in which ethanolic and methanolic extracts of Portulaca oleracea and Cichorium pumilum generally had higher antifungal activities against A. aflatoxiformans and A ochraceus. Finally, these plant extracts contain many effective compounds that enable to play the role of antifungals.
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