Claim · model-written summary
The leaf extract was effective against clinical strains of Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhi.
- Taxon
- Terminalia mantaly
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Terminalia mantalye0 - Interactor
- Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus aureuse3pathogen - Second interactor
- Escherichia coli
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Escherichia colie3pathogen - Outcome
- effective against clinical strainse3
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Verbatim
e0“Terminalia mantaly, a plant indigenous to Africa”
e3“The antibacterial assays showed that the extract was effective against clinical strains of Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, and Salmonella typhi”
Title
A.Y. Yunusa; M.A. Yakasai; M.M. Namadina Dutse Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences 2025. doi:10.4314/dujopas.v10i4a.7
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Observation Phytochemical screening indicated the presence of alkaloids, flavonoids, saponins, cardiac glycosides, tannins, steroids, triterpenes and phenols in Terminalia mantaly leaf extract.
- Observation The leaf extract demonstrated strong antioxidant activity.
- Observation The extract IC50 of 6.837 µg/mL was lower than that of ascorbic acid.
- Observation Minimum inhibitory and minimum bactericidal concentrations of the leaf extract ranged from 7.8125 to 15.625 mg/mL.
- Observation FTIR spectroscopy identified functional groups of alcohols, phenols, carboxylic acids, aldehydes and ketones in the leaf extract.
- Observation The leaf extract showed significant toxicity against brine shrimp larvae.