Antimicrobial Activities of Lantana Camara Linn.

Abstract

Herbal drugs are the potential sources of therapeutic aid for the treatment and prevention of number of ailments as recognized very early by Ayurveda, Unani, and traditional folk -medical practitioners. The rich biodiversity of plants makes them a treasure house for obtaining new and novel compounds either themselves as drugs or lead molecules for drugs with different mechanisms of action. Lantana camara L. belonging to the family Verbenaceae and universally known as wild or red sage is the most widespread species of the genus. It occurs in most parts of the world as an evergreen notorious weed species. It is also considered as an ornamental garden plant. It is widely used in different traditional medical practices for treating various health problems. Different parts of the plant are used in treating various human ailments. The plant extracts and essential oil of L. camara possess various bioactivities including antimicrobial activities. The therapeutic potential of the plant is due to the occurrence of many bioactive phytocompounds. In last decade, scientists and researchers around the globe have elaborately studied the chemical composition of the whole plant of L. camara as well as its biological activities. This article reviews the antimicrobial activities of L. camara.

Ecology and Use of Lantana camara in India

“…It is used as a sudorific, intestinal antiseptic, diaphoretic, and in treatment of tetanus and rheumatism and malaria in Indian medicine (Ojha & Dayal, 1992). Extracts from the leaves exhibit antimicrobial, fungicidal, insecticidal and nematicidal activity (Begum et al, 2000;Day et al, 2003;Girish, 2017). It is useful for fistulae, pustule and tumours.…”

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“…Many authors have mentioned the secondary metabolites of extract effective against micro organism were evaluated and recognized as saponins, tannins, cardiac glycosides, alkaloid, flavonides, steroids, terpenoids 19 . However, most of pharmacological studies were preliminary and require intensive preclinical and clinical studies to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of these plant products 20 . The results of this experimental study showed that the effectiveness of extracts was dependent of concentration used, thus increase in extract concentration leads to increase the inhibition zone.…”

Evaluation of antimicrobial and synergistic effects of some medicinal plant extracts on antimicrobial resistant organisms

“…Lanatana camara L., family Verbenaceae, the reported secondary metabolites are terpens, iridoid glycosides, furanonaphthoquinones, flavonoids, and phenylethanoid glycosides [7]. Lantana camara L. has broad antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, and antiparasitic activities [7,8]. Myrtus communis L. family Myrtaceae has been used in traditional medicines for the treatment of lung disorders and rich in phenolic acids, flavonoids, tannins, volatile oils and fatty acids.…”