Claim · model-written summary
Methanolic extract of Zanthoxylum chalybeum had MIC 99 of 62.5 μg/mL on M. bovis BCG.
- Taxon
- Zanthoxylum chalybeum
Zanthoxylum chalybeume3 - Interactor
- M. bovis BCG
Mycobacterium tuberculosis variant bovise3other - Outcome
- MIC 99e3
- Value
- 62.5e3
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e3“The methanolic extracts of Zanthoxylum chalybeum and Parinari curatellifolia showed MIC 99 of 62.5 and 62.5–125 μg/mL, respectively, on M. bovis BCG”
Title
Evodie Numbi Wa Ilunga; Marsi Mbayo Kitambala; Kalunga Muya; et al. Tropical Medicine and Health 2025. doi:10.1186/s41182-025-00745-1
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Observation Thirty-eight plant species from 23 families were identified in the ethnobotanical survey.
- Intervention effect Eleven of 17 plant extracts inhibited the growth of M. smegmatis at MIC 13 to 250 μg/mL.
- Observation Methanolic extract of Zanthoxylum chalybeum had IC 50 of 28 μg/mL.
- Observation Methanolic extract of Parinari curatellifolia had MIC 99 of 62.5–125 μg/mL on M. bovis BCG.
- Observation Methanolic extract of Parinari curatellifolia had IC 50 of 20 μg/mL.
- Observation The two best extracts show a low selectivity index.