<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Joseph M Kathare</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">James M Mbaria</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Joseph M Nguta</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gervason A Moriasi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alfred O Mainga</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Antimicrobial Efficacy, Cytotoxicity, Acute Oral Toxicity, and Phytochemical Investigation of the Aqueous and Methanolic Stem Bark Extracts of Bridellia micrantha (Hochst.) Baill</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacognosy Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Brine shrimp lethality Assay</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Median lethal concentration (LC50)</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">median lethal dose (LD50)</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Minimum inhibitory concentration</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zone of Inhibition</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2021</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">September 2021</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">13</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1248-1256</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Introduction:&lt;/strong&gt; Microbial infections cause high morbidity and mortality in humans globally. Antimicrobial resistance, emergence of new strains, high costs of antibiotics, inaccessibility-especially in remote areas, and adverse effects, impede successful eradications of pathogens, hence the need for novel strategies. &lt;em&gt;Bridellia micrantha&lt;/em&gt; is used in traditional medicine to treat microbial infections; however, it has not been empirically validated.&lt;strong&gt; Methods:&lt;/strong&gt; Antimicrobial activity of the aqueous and methanolic stem bark extracts of &lt;em&gt;Bridellia micrantha&lt;/em&gt; was investigated using the disk diffusion and broth microdilution techniques, described by the Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) guidelines. The brine shrimp lethality assay technique was used to investigate the cytotoxic effects of the studied plant extracts in exposed nauplii. Acute oral toxicity effects of the studied plant extracts in Winstar rats were investigated following the up-and-down procedure described by the Organisation for Economic Development and Co-operation (OECD). Qualitative phytochemical screening was performed following standard procedures. &lt;strong&gt;Results: &lt;/strong&gt;The aqueous and methanolic extract of B. micrantha indicated varied antimicrobial activities against &lt;em&gt;E. coli, S. typhimurium, S. aureus,&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;C. albicans,&lt;/em&gt; with inhibition zones ranging from 6.00mm to 19.00mm. Furthermore, the studied plant extracts exhibited low MIC values (≤100 μg/ml) on selected microbes. Since the MIC values were much lower than 1000μg/ml (the cutoff for antimicrobial efficacy appraisal), it is anticipated that, the studied plant extracts can be strong antibiotics. The aqueous and methanolic stem bark extracts of &lt;em&gt;B. micrantha&lt;/em&gt; were cytotoxic to brine shrimp nauplii, with LC50 values of 486.67±3.15 μg/ml and 458.33±2.87 μg/ml, respectively; however, these extracts did not elicit any observable signs of toxicity in rat models. Pharmacologically active phytochemicals, including flavonoids, alkaloids, saponins, tannins, phenols, and anthraquinones were detected in the two studied extracts.&lt;strong&gt; Conclusions:&lt;/strong&gt; The aqueous and methanolic stem bark extracts of &lt;em&gt;B. micrantha&lt;/em&gt; have appreciable antimicrobial activity against &lt;em&gt;E. coli, S. typhimurium, S. aureus&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;C. albicans&lt;/em&gt;. Besides, the studied plant extracts are cytotoxic to brine shrimp nauplii; but they do not cause acute oral toxicity effects in rat models. Additionally, the studied plant extracts contain bioactive phytochemicals, with antimicrobial activity.&lt;/p&gt;
</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Research Article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1248</style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Joseph M. Kathare&lt;sup&gt;1,&lt;/sup&gt;*, James M. Mbaria&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;, Joseph M. Nguta&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;, Gervason A. Moriasi&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;, Alfred O. Mainga&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Public Health, Pharmacology, and Toxicology, College of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 29053- 00625, Nairobi, KENYA.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Mount Kenya University, P.O. 342-01000, Thika, KENYA.&lt;/p&gt;
</style></auth-address></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Shoket Ali</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Shikha Bansal</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ravi Prakash Mishra</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fumaria indica (L), a Famous Medicinal Herb of Tribal Regions of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh: Broad Spectrum Antibacterial and Phytochemical Profilng Against Some Pathogenic Microorganisms</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacognosy Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Antibacterial activity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fumaria indica</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Phytochemicals</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tribes</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zone of Inhibition</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2020</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">May 2020</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">12</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">619-623</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;This work describes the broad spectrum antibacterial properties of methanolic and chloroform extracts of &lt;em&gt;Fumaria indica&lt;/em&gt; herb in different concentrations (50 mg/ml, 100 mg/ml and 150 mg/ ml) against &lt;em&gt;Bacillus subtilis&lt;/em&gt;(MTCC 10110), &lt;em&gt;Staphylococcus aureus&lt;/em&gt;(MTCC96), &lt;em&gt;Escherichia coli &lt;/em&gt;(MTCC 77), &lt;em&gt;Pseudomonas aeruginosa&lt;/em&gt; (MTCC1688) and &lt;em&gt;Klebsiella pneumonia&lt;/em&gt; (MTCC4032) using agar well diffusion method compared to standard antibiotic ciprofloxacin. Results have shown significant activities against the tested microorganisms viz., &lt;em&gt;Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa &lt;/em&gt;than other strains. Minimum inhibitory as well as minimum bactericidal concentrations against &lt;em&gt;Bacillus subtilis&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Klebsiella pneumonia&lt;/em&gt; were evaluated. The study indicates the possible potentiality of F. indicato act as an active antibacterial agent in the modern drug formulations. As the target plant species serves for the tribal medicinal purpose in several tribal regions of Madhya Pradesh, hence, the aim of the present study is to link comparatively the possible traditional use of this herb with the modern antibiotic usage.&lt;/p&gt;
</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Research Article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">619</style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shoket Ali&lt;sup&gt;1,&lt;/sup&gt;*, Shikha Bansal&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;, Ravi Prakash Mishra&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;Environmental biotechnology lab, Department of Post Graduate Studies and Research in Biological Science, Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Botany and Microbiology St. Aloysius College (Autonomous) Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;
</style></auth-address></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mamta Arora</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gurjinder Kaur</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Parvinderdeep S Kahlon</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Anupama Mahajan</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jaspreet K Sembi</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacognostic Evaluation &amp; Antimicrobial Activity of Endangered Ethnomedicinal Plant Crepidium acuminatum (D. Don) Szlach</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacognosy Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Antimicrobial</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Crepidium acuminatum (D. Don) Szlach</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Histochemical</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacognostic evaluation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Physicochemical</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zone of Inhibition</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2017</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">November 2017</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://fulltxt.org/article/382</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">9</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">s56-s63</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;Crepidium acuminatum&lt;/em&gt; (D. Don) Szlach (family Orchidaceae) is an ethnomedicinal plant. It is used in breathing disorders, burning sensation, Cough, decrease in bone tissue, blood disorders, tuberculosis, as refrigerant, aphrodisiac, in insect bites, rheumatism, as tonic and in general debility. It is vital component of Ayurvedic formulation &amp;ldquo;Astavarga&amp;rdquo; with trade name &amp;ldquo;Jeevak means vitality of life. Despite the common utilization of this plant, no conclusive study has been reported so far regarding the pharmacognostic evaluation and antimicrobial activity. &lt;strong&gt;Aim:&lt;/strong&gt; The present study was carried to evaluate pharmacognostic evaluation and the potential of &lt;em&gt;C. acuminatum&lt;/em&gt; as antimicrobial. &lt;strong&gt;Materials and Methods:&lt;/strong&gt; Organoleptic, histochemical, microscopic, physicochemical, extractive yield were studied to standardise pharmacognostic characters and well diffusion method were carried out for antimicrobial activity. Five extracts viz. Hexane, Chloroform, Ethanol, Ethyl acetate and aqueous were evaluated against 4 bacterial strains viz. &lt;em&gt;E. coli&lt;/em&gt; (MTCC 40), &lt;em&gt;S. aureus&lt;/em&gt; (MTCC 87),&lt;em&gt; P. aeruginosa&lt;/em&gt; (MTCC 424), &lt;em&gt;B. subtilis&lt;/em&gt; (MTCC 121). &lt;strong&gt;Results:&lt;/strong&gt; The diagnostic characters were evaluated and documented. All the extracts showed good antimicrobial activity. &lt;strong&gt;Conclusion:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Obtained standards will provide referential information for correct identification, purity, standardization and preparation of monograph. The work confirms that the studied plant has potent antimicrobial activity and has potential for antimicrobial drug. These results may constitute a basis for promising future applied research that could investigate the use of this plant as antimicrobial drug.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6s</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Original Article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">s56</style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mamta Arora&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;, Gurjinder Kaur&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;, Parvinderdeep S Kahlon&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;, Anupama Mahajan&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;, Jaspreet K Sembi&lt;sup&gt;5&lt;/sup&gt;* &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Biotechnology, A.S.B.A.S.J.S.M. College, Bela Rupnagar, Punajb, INDIA, Research scholar of IK Gujral Punjab Technical University, Kapurthala, Punjab, INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;St. Lawrence College (CANADA).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;Institute of Cellular and Molecular Botany, University of Bonn, Bonn, GERMANY.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Biotechnology, SUS College of Engineering and Technology, Tangori, Mohali, Punjab, INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;5&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh, INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;</style></auth-address></record></records></xml>