Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Regional Plant Resource Centre, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Regional Plant Resource Centre, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
J Infect Public Health. 2018 Sep-Oct;11(5):643-647. doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2018.01.006. Epub 2018 Feb 13.
Antifilarial potential of three medicinal plants namely, Terminalia bellerica, Terminalia chebula and Terminalia catappa was explored using Setaria cervi, a bovine filarial parasite at concentrations of 2.5, 5 and 10mg/ml. Amongst all the extracts, methanol extract of T. bellerica showed highest macrofilaricidal activity i.e. 84.63±1.11 at 10mg/ml in MTT reduction assay with IC value of 2.7mg/ml. which was better than the standard DEC i.e. 79.22±3.1% at 10mg/ml with IC value 2.84mg/ml. Other plant extracts showed mild in vitro macrofilaricidal activity. T. bellerica methanol extract exhibited significant GST activity of 18.86±0.21 and 12.83±0.03μM/ml/min at 5 and 10mg/ml with percentage inhibition value of 73.96% and 82.29% respectively. DEC showed GST activity value of 40.03±4.14 and 21.48±6.44μM/ml/min with percentage inhibition value of 21.76% and 58.01% at 5 and 10mg/ml respectively. Thus, methanol extract of leaves of T. bellerica exhibited highly significant antifilarial potential and needs detailed analysis.
三种药用植物,即诃子、使君子和榄仁,被用来探索它们对抗丝状寄生虫的潜力,所用寄生虫为牛丝状寄生虫——旋盘尾丝虫,浓度分别为 2.5、5 和 10mg/ml。在所有提取物中,诃子的甲醇提取物在 MTT 还原试验中显示出最高的杀微丝蚴活性,即在 10mg/ml 时为 84.63±1.11%,IC 值为 2.7mg/ml。这比标准 DEC(依维菌素)的杀微丝蚴活性更好,即在 10mg/ml 时为 79.22±3.1%,IC 值为 2.84mg/ml。其他植物提取物显示出轻度的体外杀微丝蚴活性。诃子甲醇提取物在 5 和 10mg/ml 时分别显示出 18.86±0.21 和 12.83±0.03μM/ml/min 的 GST 活性,抑制率分别为 73.96%和 82.29%。DEC 在 5 和 10mg/ml 时的 GST 活性值分别为 40.03±4.14 和 21.48±6.44μM/ml/min,抑制率分别为 21.76%和 58.01%。因此,诃子叶的甲醇提取物表现出很强的抗丝虫潜力,需要进一步分析。