SPECIES
Alstonia boonei De Wild.
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
COUNTRY OF COLLECTION
Ghana
COMMON /LOCAL NAMES
Sonuro; nyamedua
PART USED
Leaves
EXTRACTION METHOD
Hot water maceration
SOLVENT(S) USED
Water
SECONDARY METABOLITES / PHYTOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION
Alkaloids (echitamine, echitamidine, voacangine, akuammidine, N-formylechitamidine, α-formyl-12-methoxyechitamidine), tannins, iridoids (boonein, loganin), triterpenoids (lupeol, ursolic acid,β-amyrin)
ANTIMICROBIAL ASSAY METHODS
Proportion method
EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUE
in-vitro
ACTIVITY/MIC (µg/ml)
40 125
LINK TO REFERENCE
26779539
LINKS TO PLANT DATABASES
https://www.prota4u.org/database/protav8.asp?g=pe&p=Alstonia+boonei+De+Wild.
REFERENCE
Tsouh Fokou, P. V., Nyarko, A. K., Appiah-Opong, R., Tchokouaha Yamthe, L. R., Ofosuhene, M., & Boyom, F. F. (2015). Update on Medicinal Plants with Potency on Mycobacterium ulcerans. BioMed Research International, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/917086