global-journal-of-medical-research-b-pharma-drug-discovery-toxicology-medicine Global Journal of Medical Research - B: Pharma, Drug Discovery, Toxicology & Medicine 0975-5888 2249-4618 Global Journals Publishing Group Incorporated 60426 Phytochemical Analysis, Antimicrobial, and Radical Scavenging Properties of Methanol Extracts of Dracaena Deisteliana (Dracaenaceae) and Sporobolus Indicus (Poaceae) AfagnigniAlian Desire KouomegneRosalie Nkonpa MoforClautilde Teugwa CAMEROON, University of Yaounde I, Cameroon 15 01 2020 20 B6 33 42

Dracaena deisteliana and Sporobolus indicus are medicinal plants with broad use in Cameroonian folk medicine to treat several infectious diseases. This study aimed to investigate the phytochemical composition, the antimicrobial and antiradical properties of methanol extracts of the leaves, stem and whole plant of D. deisteliana, and S. indicus. The phytochemical test was undertaken using standard methods. Agar well diffusion was used for sensitivity test while the microdilution method was used to determine the minimum inhibition concentrations (MICs) and the minimum bactericidal/fungicidal concentrations (MBCs/MFCs). The antiradical property of the plant extracts was performed using the 2.2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) scavenging assay.

 Dracaena deisteliana Sporobolus indicus phytochemical antibacterial antifungal antiradical. Full Text

Dracaena deisteliana and Sporobolus indicus are medicinal plants with broad use in Cameroonian folk medicine to treat several infectious diseases. This study aimed to investigate the phytochemical composition, the antimicrobial and antiradical properties of methanol extracts of the leaves, stem and whole plant of D. deisteliana, and S. indicus. The phytochemical test was undertaken using standard methods. Agar well diffusion was used for sensitivity test while the microdilution method was used to determine the minimum inhibition concentrations (MICs) and the minimum bactericidal/fungicidal concentrations (MBCs/MFCs). The antiradical property of the plant extracts was performed using the 2.2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) scavenging assay.