Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides (Lam.) Zepern. &Timler

SPECIES

Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides (Lam.) Zepern. &Timler

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FAMILY

Rutaceae

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COUNTRY OF COLLECTION

Ghana

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PART USED

Root

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EXTRACTION METHOD

Decoction

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SOLVENT(S) USED

Water

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SECONDARY METABOLITES / PHYTOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION

Essential oils, benzophenanthridine, furoquinoline,
aporphine alkaloids, fagaronine, dihydroavicine,
chelerythrine, oxychelerythrine, skimmianine and
8-methoxydictamine, as well as the aporphines
magnoflorine, berberine, tembetarine, N-methyl-corydine,
N-isobutyldeca-2, 4-dienamide,
N-isobutylocta-2,4-dienamide, arnottianamide, fagaramide,
piperlonguminine, rubemamin, N-isopentyl-cinnamamide,
umbelliferone, scopoletin, scoparone, xanthotoxin,
imperatorin, bergapten, marmesin, pimpinellin; lignan
sesamin, C-7 epimer asarinin, sterols zanthoxylol, diosmin,
fagarol, hesperidin, lupeol, β-sitosterol, stigmasterol,
campesterol, β-amyrin,: vanillic acid, hydroxybenzoic acid,
parahydroxybenzoic acid, 2-hydroxymethyl benzoic acid,
parafluorobenzoic acid, divanilloylquinic acids burkinabin
A, burkinabin B, and burkinabin C

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ANTIMICROBIAL ASSAY METHODS

Proportion method

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EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUE

in-vitro

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FORMULATION AND MODE OF USAGE (in-vivo only)

Decoction of root is used in BU treatment

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ACTIVITY/MIC (µg/ml)

12.5-25

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LINK TO REFERENCE

26779539

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LINKS TO PLANT DATABASES

https://www.prota4u.org/database/protav8.asp?g=psk&p=Mitracarpus+hirtus+(L.)+DC.

http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:756228-1

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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

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