Antimicrobial properties against human pathogens of medicinal plants from New Zealand

Syahidi Safian and Hafiz Majid and Simon Swift and Filipa V. M. Silva (2022) Antimicrobial properties against human pathogens of medicinal plants from New Zealand. Applied Microbiology, 2. pp. 357-366. ISSN 2673-8007

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Abstract

The emergence of resistant microorganisms towards standard antibiotics has stimulated an on-going exploration for new sources of antimicrobials. The microbial susceptibility of extracts produced from leaf, bark, or rhizome parts of nine different New Zealand bushes was investigated using liquid broth dilution and agar plating techniques. Minimum inhibitory (MIC) and lethal concentrations (MLC) were expressed in micrograms of dry extract per milliliters of solution. The lowest MIC of 62.5 g/mL was determined for methanol extract of Kunzea ericoides against Bacillus cereus and Candida albicans, and ethyl acetate extract of Pseudowintera colorata against Staphylococcus aureus. Additionally, K. ericoides also presented the lowest MLC of 250 g/mL against S. aureus and B. cereus (methanol extract), and against S. aureus (ethyl acetate extract). The methanol extract of Weinmannia racemosa was lethal to B. cereus (MLC = 250 g/mL). Some of the extracts of Phormium tenax, Schefflera digitata, and Pomaderris kumeraho were antimicrobial against S. aureus and B. cereus (MIC = 500 g/mL). The extracts of Geniostoma ligustrifolium and Melicytus ramiflorus plants did not exhibit antimicrobial activity.

Item Type:	Article
Keyword:	Shrub , Kānuka , Horopito , Kāmahi , Antibiotic , Microbial susceptibility , Minimum inhibitory concentration , Minimum lethal concentration , MIC , MLC
Subjects:	Q Science > QR Microbiology > QR1-502 Microbiology > QR1-74.5 General
Department:	FACULTY > Faculty of Science and Natural Resources
Depositing User:	DG MASNIAH AHMAD -
Date Deposited:	21 Jul 2022 16:03
Last Modified:	21 Jul 2022 16:03
URI:	https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33475

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