SPECIES
Gratiola officinalis L.
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
COUNTRY OF COLLECTION
Ghana
PART USED
Bark
EXTRACTION METHOD
Decoction
SOLVENT(S) USED
Water
SECONDARY METABOLITES / PHYTOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION
Alkaloid, flavonoid, saponins, coumarin derivatives, mannitol, glycoside-like substances, Gratiogenin, 16-hydroxygratiogenin, cucurbitacins E and I, glycosides gratiogenin-3beta-D-glucoside, gratioside, elaterinide,lignans
ANTIMICROBIAL ASSAY METHODS
Proportion method
EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUE
in-vitro, in-vivo
FORMULATION AND MODE OF USAGE (in-vivo only)
Decoction of bark is used in BU treatment
ACTIVITY/MIC (µg/ml)
1.56-25
LINK TO REFERENCE
26779539
LINKS TO PLANT DATABASES
http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:803505-1
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