SPECIES
Syzygium aromaticum (L.)
FAMILY
Myrtaceae
COUNTRY OF COLLECTION
Benin
PART USED
Seed
EXTRACTION METHOD
Decoction
SOLVENT(S) USED
Water
SECONDARY METABOLITES / PHYTOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION
Essential oils, eugenol, eugenyl acetate, β-caryophyllene, methyl amyl ketone, α- and β-humulene, benzaldehyde, methyl salicylate, α-cubebene, α-copaene, γ-cadinene and γ-cadinene β-ylangene and chavicol vanillin, crategolic acid, tannins, gallotannic acid, flavonoids eugenin, kaempferol, rhamnetin, eugenitin, triterpenoids like oleanolic acid
ANTIMICROBIAL ASSAY METHODS
Proportion method
EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUE
in-vitro
FORMULATION AND MODE OF USAGE (in-vivo only)
Decoction used in BU treatment
ACTIVITY/MIC (µg/ml)
25
LINK TO REFERENCE
26779539
LINKS TO PLANT DATABASES
https://www.gbif.org/species/113634137
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