PMID- 25395714
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150629
LR  - 20240321
IS  - 2505-0044 (Electronic)
IS  - 2505-0044 (Linking)
VI  - 11
IP  - 5
DP  - 2014
TI  - Evaluation of antioxidant and antimicrobial potential of two endangered plant 
      species Atropa belladonna and Matricaria chamomilla.
PG  - 111-7
AB  - BACKGROUND: Plants are the natural source of antioxidants as well as 
      antimicrobial compounds that has great potentials in pharmaceutical industry. In 
      the present study, two medicinal plants Atropa belladonna and Matricaria 
      chamomilla were collected from Northern areas of Pakistan. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 
      The extracts of the collected plants were obtained by microwave assisted 
      extraction (MAE) with changing parameters, power level and time; methanol and 
      ethanol were solvents used during extraction. The extracts of plants were tested 
      against different bacterial strains. RESULTS: It was observed that ethanolic 
      extracts of Atropa belladonna has more significant antimicrobial activity against 
      S.aureus than E.coli. In parallel, methanolic extract of Matricaria chamomilla 
      showed greater significant antibacterial activity against S.aureus when compared 
      with E.coli. In comparison, ethanolic extracts of Matricaria chamomilla has shown 
      more significant results against S. aureus than E.coli (p </= 0.05). Both plants 
      had no antibacterial activity against S.typhi. The free radical scavenging 
      activity observed by DPPH assay, indicate that both plants have antioxidant 
      activity at all levels of concentrations in solvent tested during the present 
      work. However, methanolic extracts had greater antioxidant activity when compared 
      with ethanolic extracts. CONCLUSION: Present study is thus helpful in 
      highlighting present potentials for antioxidant and antimicrobial properties in 
      the selected plants.
FAU - Munir, Neelma
AU  - Munir N
AD  - Department of Biotechnology, Lahore College for Women University.
FAU - Iqbal, Ayesha Saleha
AU  - Iqbal AS
AD  - Department of Biotechnology, Lahore College for Women University.
FAU - Altaf, Imran
AU  - Altaf I
AD  - QOL, WTO, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore.
FAU - Bashir, Rasheeda
AU  - Bashir R
AD  - Department of Biotechnology, Lahore College for Women University.
FAU - Sharif, Nadia
AU  - Sharif N
AD  - Department of Biotechnology, Lahore College for Women University.
FAU - Saleem, Faiza
AU  - Saleem F
AD  - Department of Biotechnology, Lahore College for Women University.
FAU - Naz, Shagufta
AU  - Naz S
AD  - Department of Biotechnology, Lahore College for Women University.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20140823
PL  - Nigeria
TA  - Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med
JT  - African journal of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicines : AJTCAM
JID - 101232990
RN  - 0 (Anti-Bacterial Agents)
RN  - 0 (Antioxidants)
RN  - 0 (Biphenyl Compounds)
RN  - 0 (Picrates)
RN  - 0 (Plant Extracts)
RN  - DFD3H4VGDH (1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl)
SB  - IM
MH  - Anti-Bacterial Agents/*pharmacology
MH  - Antioxidants/*pharmacology
MH  - *Atropa belladonna
MH  - Biphenyl Compounds/metabolism
MH  - Escherichia coli/*drug effects
MH  - *Matricaria
MH  - Pakistan
MH  - Picrates/metabolism
MH  - Plant Extracts/*pharmacology
MH  - Staphylococcus aureus/*drug effects
PMC - PMC4202527
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Antimicrobial
OT  - Atropa belladonna
OT  - Matricaria chamomilla
OT  - antioxidant
EDAT- 2014/11/15 06:00
MHDA- 2015/06/30 06:00
PMCR- 2015/08/23
CRDT- 2014/11/15 06:00
PHST- 2014/11/15 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/11/15 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/06/30 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2015/08/23 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - jAJT.v11.i5.pg111 [pii]
AID - 10.4314/ajtcam.v11i5.18 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med. 2014 Aug 23;11(5):111-7. doi: 
      10.4314/ajtcam.v11i5.18. eCollection 2014.