Analgesic and antipyretic effects of Myrica salicifolia (Myricaceae)

Njunge, K; Muriuki, G; Mwangi, JW; Kuria, K.A.M

doi:10.1002/ptr.761

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“…Roots of medicinal plants are common ingredients of many folk and herbal medicines (Kweifio-Okai, 1991a,b;Hebtemariam, 2001) and root extracts of a number of medicinal plants have been reported to possess pharmacological activity, mainly anti-inflammatory activity (Basu and Chaudhuri, 1991;Sen and Nag Chaudhuri, 1991;Sen et al, 1993;Cuellar et al, 1997;Njung'e et al, 2002). Tea (Camellia sinensis), which is the most consumed beverage all over the world, has been reported to contain a number of chemical constituents possessing medicinal and pharmacological properties (Muramatsu et al, 1986;Toda et al, 1991;Blot et al, 1996;Arteel et al, 2002;Sartor et al, 2002) and it is expected that tea root might also be a storehouse of many chemicals of medicinal and pharmacological interest.…”

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Anti-inflammatory activity of tea (Camellia sinensis) root extract

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Anti-inflammatory activity of tea (Camellia sinensis) root extract

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“…The Myrica salicifolia plant has several pharmacological effects including: antibiotic, antiviral, antimalaria, analgesic, anticoagulant, anti hypertensive. The extracts of the roots of Myrica salicifolia have an analgesic effect in mice and they show an antipyretic effect in rats but no anti activityinflammatory [9], the Myrica salicifolia Hochst plant, ex. A.…”

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Extraction Identification Characterization of Saponins from the Myrica Salicifolia Hochst Plant. ex. A. Rich (Myricaceae) and Molluscicidal Activity Test in Vitro

Habari¹,

Balagizi²,

Marcel³

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Our study focused on "Extraction identification and characterization of saponins from the plant Myrica salicifolia Hochst. ex. A. Rich and molluscicidal activity test in vitro". The objective of this study is to extract the natural substances present in the different parts (leaves, bark of the stem and roots); isolate the saponins, characterize them by chromatography and determine the lethal dose of the saponins isolated against aquatic molluscs. After the analyzes, the Malacology laboratory of the LWIRO Natural Sciences Research Center (CRSN / LWIRO) took place in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the Kabare Territory. Phytochemical screening has enabled us to observe that saponins, quinones, phenols, lipoids, glycosides, terpenoids, tannoids, flavonoids, and alkaloids are in high concentration while steroids are moderately concentrated in the different parts of the plant. The thin layer chromatography of the saponins shows that the plant contains steroidal and triterpene saponins. The Myrica salicifolia Hochst plant. ex. A. Rich has molluscicidal activity, it can be used in the fight against molluscs Biomphalaria pfeifferi and Lymnaea natalensis intermediate hosts of bilharziasis and fascioliosis. The lethal doses (LD 50) of the saponin extracts from the bark of the roots and stems were 0.016 and 0.018 mg / mL respectively for Biomphalaria pfeifferi and 0.022 and 0.021 mg / mL for Lymnaea natalensis.

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“…Biological activity studies on M. salicifolia showed that methanolic extract of M. salicifolia stem bark was effective against Bacillus cereus, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Shigella dysenteriae, and Staphylococcus aureus [23,24]. Additionally in vivo testing of a methanolic extract of this species in mice showed potent analgesic and antipyretic activity [25].…”

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Phytochemical investigation and evaluation of antimicrobial activities of stem bark of Morella salicifolia

Meniso¹,

Boru²,

Ganjinaboyina³

2019

Bull. Chem. Soc. Eth.

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The Morella salicifolia bark is used as a traditional medicine for the treatment of toothache, headache and stomachache in the eastern Ethiopia. The stem bark of the plant was sequentially extracted with: petroleum ether, chloroform and chloroform/methanol (1:1) using Soxhlet apparatus. Phytochemical screenings tests were conducted on of stem bark this plant extracts were performed on petroleum ether, chloroform and chloroform/methanol (1:1) crude extracts. The results showed presence of alkaloid, tannins, saponins, flavonoid, protein, and triterpenoids in the petroleum ether extract; alkaloid, tannin, flavonoid, protein, triterpenoid and absence of saponins chloroform extract; tannin, flavonoid, triterpenoid and absence of alkaloid, tannin, saponins and protein in the chloroform/methanol (1:1) extract. Volatile oil of the stem bark of plant was analyzed by GC-MS and it constitute 14 compounds among which the major compounds were hexadecanoic acid methyl ester (29.40%), (Z)-9-octadecenoic acids and methyl ester (28.64%). The volatile oil and crude extracts of the stem bark were tested in vitro for their antimicrobial activity by disk diffusion method. The highest activity was exhibited by volatile oil, CHCl3/MeOH (1:1) and petroleum ether extract against Shigela flexneri, Escherichia coli and Streptococcus agalactiae with an inhibition diameter of 21.66, 17.66 and 18.00 mm, respectively.

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Analgesic and antipyretic effects of Myrica salicifolia (Myricaceae)

Abstract: Myrica salicifolia Hoechst (Myricaceae) root extract was found to have analgesic activity in mice. In rats there was antipyretic but no antiinflammatory activity.

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Anti-inflammatory activity of tea (Camellia sinensis) root extract

Anti-inflammatory activity of tea (Camellia sinensis) root extract

Extraction Identification Characterization of Saponins from the Myrica Salicifolia Hochst Plant. ex. A. Rich (Myricaceae) and Molluscicidal Activity Test in Vitro

Phytochemical investigation and evaluation of antimicrobial activities of stem bark of Morella salicifolia

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