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Ndhlala AR, Ghebrehiwot HM, Ncube B, et al. Antimicrobial, Anthelmintic Activities and Characterisation of Functional Phenolic Acids of Achyranthes aspera Linn.: A Medicinal Plant Used for the Treatment of Wounds and Ringworm in East Africa. Front Pharmacol. 2015;6:274doi: 10.3389/fphar.2015.00274.
Ndhlala, A. R., Ghebrehiwot, H. M., Ncube, B., Aremu, A. O., Gruz, J., Šubrtová, M., Doležal, K., du Plooy, C. P., Abdelgadir, H. A., & Van Staden, J. (2015). Antimicrobial, Anthelmintic Activities and Characterisation of Functional Phenolic Acids of Achyranthes aspera Linn.: A Medicinal Plant Used for the Treatment of Wounds and Ringworm in East Africa. Frontiers in pharmacology, 6274. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2015.00274
Ndhlala, Ashwell R, et al. "Antimicrobial, Anthelmintic Activities and Characterisation of Functional Phenolic Acids of Achyranthes aspera Linn.: A Medicinal Plant Used for the Treatment of Wounds and Ringworm in East Africa." Frontiers in pharmacology vol. 6 (2015): 274. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2015.00274
Ndhlala AR, Ghebrehiwot HM, Ncube B, Aremu AO, Gruz J, Šubrtová M, Doležal K, du Plooy CP, Abdelgadir HA, Van Staden J. Antimicrobial, Anthelmintic Activities and Characterisation of Functional Phenolic Acids of Achyranthes aspera Linn.: A Medicinal Plant Used for the Treatment of Wounds and Ringworm in East Africa. Front Pharmacol. 2015 Nov 23;6:274. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2015.00274. eCollection 2015. PMID: 26635604; PMCID: PMC4655238.
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Front Pharmacol. 2015 Nov 23;6:274. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2015.00274. eCollection 2015.

Antimicrobial, Anthelmintic Activities and Characterisation of Functional Phenolic Acids of Achyranthes aspera Linn.: A Medicinal Plant Used for the Treatment of Wounds and Ringworm in East Africa.

Frontiers in pharmacology

Ashwell R Ndhlala, Habteab M Ghebrehiwot, Bhekumthetho Ncube, Adeyemi O Aremu, Jiří Gruz, Michaela Šubrtová, Karel Doležal, Christian P du Plooy, Hafiz A Abdelgadir, Johannes Van Staden

Affiliations

  1. Research Centre for Plant Growth and Development, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal Pietermaritzburg, South Africa ; Vegetable and Ornamental Plants, Agricultural Research Council Pretoria, South Africa.
  2. Research Centre for Plant Growth and Development, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal Pietermaritzburg, South Africa ; African Centre for Crop Improvement, University of KwaZulu-Natal Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
  3. Research Centre for Plant Growth and Development, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
  4. Department of Chemical Biology and Genetics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palack? University and Institute of Experimental Botany, Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic Olomouc-Holice, Czech Republic.
  5. Vegetable and Ornamental Plants, Agricultural Research Council Pretoria, South Africa.

PMID: 26635604 PMCID: PMC4655238 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2015.00274

Abstract

Achyranthes aspera Linn. (Amaranthaceae) commonly known as Prickly Chaff flower (English) is traditionally used for treating a number of ailments. Different parts of the plant are used in treating wounds and ringworm in East Africa and elsewhere for a number of ailments. In this study, leaf extracts of A. aspera collected from two different geographical locations (Ciaat, Eritrea and Ukulinga, South Africa) were evaluated for antibacterial, antifungal, anthelmintic activities and the plant characterized for functional phenolic acids as well as protein binding capacity. The pathogens used in the tests were, two Gram-negative (Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae), two Gram-positive bacteria (Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus), a filamentus yeast-like fungus (Candida albicans) and a free-living nematode (Caenorhabditis elegans). The water and acetone extracts of the samples collected from Ciaat exhibited good antibacterial, antifungal and anthelmintic activity (MIC < 1 mg/ml) except the water extract against E. coli which showed moderate activity. In contrast, the extracts collected from Ukulinga exhibited moderate to weak activities except for the acetone (aq.) extracts which had good activity against some of the tested organisms. UHPLC-MS/MS revealed variation in the levels of some functional phenolic compounds, with rutin, chlorogenic acid and genistein not being detected in the extracts from Ukulinga. The variation was also observed in the protein binding capacity, which could offer a predictive wound healing model. All extracts from plant samples collected at Ciaat expressed significant dominant potency compared to similar extracts from Ukulinga.

Keywords: Amaranthaceae; chlorogenic acid; genistein; protein binding; rutin; taxifolin; wound healing

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