Skip to main content

Table 4 Pharmacological activities of B. salicina

From: Phytochemical constituents and pharmacological activities of Breonadia salicina (Vahl) Hepper and J.R.I.Wood (Rubiaceae)

Activity

Organism

Parameter

References

  

Methanol extract (MIC in mg/mL)

Aqueous extract (MIC in mg/mL)

 

Antibacterial

B. subtilis

1.5

2.5

 
 

E. coli

2.5

2.5

 
 

P. aeruginosa

3.0

2.5

Al-Qurainy et al. (2013)

 

S. aureus

2.0

2.5

 
 

S. sonnei

1.5

2.5

 
  

Acetone extract (MIC in mg/mL)

Ursolic acid (MIC in mg/mL)

 

Antifungal

P. expansum

1.25

0.13

 
 

P. digitatum

0.16

0.25

Mahlo and Eloff (2014)

 

P. janthinellum

0.08

0.13

 

Antitrypanasomal

T. b. brucei

Ethanol extract (lethal dose)

 

Sani et al. (2018)

  

0.5 mg/mLat 40 min

  

Cytotoxicity

Vero monkey kidney cell

Chloroform extract (IC50 in μg/mL)

Ursolic acid (IC50 in μg/mL)

Mahlo et al. (2013)

  

82

25

 
  1. MIC: minimum inhibitory concentration; IC50: median inhibitory concentration