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&&dodanaugust.pdf&&Dodonaea angustifolia L. f.&&Sapindaceae&&Dodonaea thunbergiana Radlk.<br/>Dodonaea thunbergiana Radlk. var. linearis Sonder<br/>Dodonaea viscosa Jacq. var. angustifolia Benth.&&fresh or dried flowering tops; colour yellow-green when young; odour faintly aromatic;texture soft to leathery&&saponins; tannins; quinones; triterpene; diterpenoid acids (e.g. hautriwaic acid, dodonic acid); flavones (e.g. santin, penduletin, aliarin, 5,7-dihydroxy-3'- (3-hydroxymethylbutyl) -3,6,4'-trimethoxyflavone); flavanones (e.g. pinocembrin)&&brine shrimp lethality; no antimicrobial (Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida albicans, Mycobacterium smegmatis); analgesic (mouse); antipyretic (rat) | &&dodanaugust.pdf&&Dodonaea angustifolia L. f.&&Sapindaceae&&Dodonaea thunbergiana Radlk.<br/>Dodonaea thunbergiana Radlk. var. linearis Sonder<br/>Dodonaea viscosa Jacq. var. angustifolia Benth.&&fresh or dried flowering tops; colour yellow-green when young; odour faintly aromatic;texture soft to leathery&&saponins; tannins; quinones; triterpene; diterpenoid acids (e.g. hautriwaic acid, dodonic acid); flavones (e.g. santin, penduletin, aliarin, 5,7-dihydroxy-3'- (3-hydroxymethylbutyl) -3,6,4'-trimethoxyflavone); flavanones (e.g. pinocembrin)&&brine shrimp lethality; no antimicrobial (Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida albicans, Mycobacterium smegmatis); analgesic (mouse); antipyretic (rat) | ||
&&elytraprhino.pdf&&Elytropappus rhinocerotis (L.f.) Less.&&Asteraceae&&Stoebe rhinocerotis L. f.&&fresh or dried young tops; colour grey-green; odour distinctive aromatic; taste bitter&&saponins; tannins; reducing sugars; cardiac glycosides; rhinocerotinoic acid&&antimicrobial (Staphylococcus aureus); no antimicrobial (Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida albicans, Mycobacterium smegmatis); antihypoglycaemic | &&elytraprhino.pdf&&Elytropappus rhinocerotis (L.f.) Less.&&Asteraceae&&Stoebe rhinocerotis L. f.&&fresh or dried young tops; colour grey-green; odour distinctive aromatic; taste bitter&&saponins; tannins; reducing sugars; cardiac glycosides; rhinocerotinoic acid&&antimicrobial (Staphylococcus aureus); no antimicrobial (Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida albicans, Mycobacterium smegmatis); antihypoglycaemic | ||
− | &&eriocephafric.pdf&&Eriocephalus africanus L. | + | &&eriocephafric.pdf&&Eriocephalus africanus L. subsp. africanus<br/>Eriocephalus africanus L. subsp. Paniculatus&&Asteraceae&&Eriocephalus umbellulatus DC.&&fresh or dried flowering tops; odour highly aromatic&&tannins; sesquiterpene lactones of the eudesmanolide type (e.g. 4a,11-dihydroxy-eudesmane, 11-OH-5a-hydroperoxy-eudesmane; ivangustin), dehydrofalcarinol&&antispasmodic; weak antimicrobial (Staphylococcus aureus); no antimicrobial (Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Mycobacterium smegmatis, Candida albicans); brine shrimp lethality |
&&eucleundulata.pdf&&Euclea undulata Thunb. var. myrtina (Burch.) Hiern&&Ebenaceae&&Euclea myrtina Burch.<br/>Euclea undulata Thunb.&&fresh or dried leaves; colour foliage pale green when young, becoming darker green; odour faint pleasant; texture rough-leathery; taste intensely astringent&&saponins; tannins; reducing sugars; triterpenoids; aliphatics; napthoquinones (e.g. 7-methyl-juglone, diospyrin, isodiospyrin); &&antimicrobial (Staphylococcus aureus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis); no antimicrobial (Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida albicans, Mycobacterium smegmatis) | &&eucleundulata.pdf&&Euclea undulata Thunb. var. myrtina (Burch.) Hiern&&Ebenaceae&&Euclea myrtina Burch.<br/>Euclea undulata Thunb.&&fresh or dried leaves; colour foliage pale green when young, becoming darker green; odour faint pleasant; texture rough-leathery; taste intensely astringent&&saponins; tannins; reducing sugars; triterpenoids; aliphatics; napthoquinones (e.g. 7-methyl-juglone, diospyrin, isodiospyrin); &&antimicrobial (Staphylococcus aureus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis); no antimicrobial (Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida albicans, Mycobacterium smegmatis) | ||
&&galeniaafric.pdf&&Galenia africana L.&&Aizoaceae&&Galenia namaensis auct. non Schinz&&fresh or dried aerial parts; colour yellow to yellow green; odour faintly aromatic&&alkaloids&&no antimicrobial (Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida albicans, Mycobacterium smegmatis) | &&galeniaafric.pdf&&Galenia africana L.&&Aizoaceae&&Galenia namaensis auct. non Schinz&&fresh or dried aerial parts; colour yellow to yellow green; odour faintly aromatic&&alkaloids&&no antimicrobial (Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida albicans, Mycobacterium smegmatis) |
Revision as of 11:21, 4 April 2012
General Index | Orders | Families | Image Links | Edibility |
Medicinal Plants of South Africa by South African National Biodiversity Institute
PSA Page | Family | Genus (our page) |
Synonyms | Parts used | Major chemical constituents | Bioactivity |
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Agathosma betulina (Berg.) Pillans | Rutaceae | Agathosma | Barosma betulina Bartl. and Wendl. f. Hartogia betulina Berg. |
fresh or dried leaves and smaller stems; colour light yellow-green; odour highly aromatic; texture soft when fresh, leathery when dry | limonene; rutin; diosmin; menthone; isomenthone; (psi) -diosphenol; diosphenol; pulegone; isopulegone; cis-8-mercapto-p-menthane-3-one; trans-8-mercapto-p-menthane-3-one | weak antimicrobial (Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa); no antimicrobial (Enterococcus hirae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa); smooth muscle spasmogenic (guinea pig ileum); no antiviral (Herpes Type 2, Influenza A2, Poliovirus II, Vaccinia); no cytotoxic (HeLa); antimutagenic (ethyl methanesulphonate, amino anthracene); antiinflammatory (rat paw oedema) |
Agathosma crenulata (L.) Pillans | Rutaceae | Agathosma | Barosma crenulata Hook. Barosma serratifolia (Vent.) Willd. |
fresh or dried leaves and smaller stems; colour light yellow-green; odour highly aromatic; texture soft when fresh, leathery when dry | limonene; menthone; isomenthone; pulegone; isopulegone; cis-8-mercapto-p-menthane-3-one; trans-8-mercapto-p-menthane-3-one | no cytoxic (HeLa, Vero, Jurkat E6.1, AA-2, CEM-SS); no antiviral (HSV-1, Coxsackie B2); weak antimicrobial (Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Saccharomyces cerevisiae); no antimicrobial (Enterococcus hirae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa); smooth muscle spasmogenic (guinea pig ileum) |
Alepidea amatymbica Eckl. et Zeyh. | Apiaceae | Alepidea | no data | fresh or dried rhizome and root; colour russet-brown externally; odour pleasant aromatic; texture crisp resinous) | kaurene-type diterpenes (e.g. ent-16-kaurene-19-oic acid) | antimicrobial; antihypertensive; diuretic (rat); no cytotoxic (HeLa, Vero, Jurkat E6.1, AA-2, CEM-SS); no antiviral (HSV-1); antiviral (Cocksackie B2) |
Arctopus echinatus L. | Apiaceae | Arctopus | no data | fresh or dried sliced root; odour pleasant aromatic; texture pliable when fresh, brittle when dry | saponins; reducing sugars; kaurene-type diterpenes (e.g. ent-16-kaurene-19-oic acid) | no data |
Artemisia afra Jacq. ex Willd. | Asteraceae | Artemisia | no data | fresh or dried aerial parts; colour grey; odour highly aromatic; taste extremely bitter | saponins; tannins; triterpenes (e.g. alpha-amyrin, beta-amyrin, friedelin); alkanes ceryl cerotinate; n-nonacosane; luteolin methyl ethers; sesquiterpene lactones; alpha- and beta-thujone; 1,8-cineole; camphor; alpha-pinene | antihistaminic; narcotic analgesic; antioxidant (beta-carotene, linoleic acid); weak antimalarial (Plasmodium falciparum); antitumour (mouse); antimicrobial (Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis); no antimicrobial (Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida albicans, Mycobacterium smegmat, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae); antinematodal (Caenorhabditis elegans); antiamoebic (Entamoeba histolytica); cytotoxic (HeLa, Vero, Jurkat E6.1, AA-2, CEM-SS); no antihypertensive (Coxsackie B2, HSV-1) |
Asclepias fruticosa L. | Asclepiadaceae | Asclepias | no data | fresh or dried leaves and smaller stems; colour light yellow-green; odour faint; taste bitter | glycosides of the cardenolide; pregnanes type (e.g. beta-hydroxygomphoside); monosaccharides (e.g. digitoxose, olivose, cymarose, oleandrose and deoxyallose); monosaccharides with cinnamic acids (e.g. sinapic acid) | uterotonic; cardiotonic; antihypertensive; no decongestant; no analgesic; no antimicrobial (Staphylococus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli) |
Ballota africana (L.) Benth. | Lamiaceae | Ballota | Marrubium africanum (L.) Benth | fresh or dried overground parts; colour deep green; odour pleasant aromatic; texture rough-hairy | saponins; tannins; labdane type diterpene lactones (e.g. ballotenone, premarrubiin); flavonoids; pyrrolidine-type alkaloids | no antimicrobial (Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida albicans, Staphylococcus aureus, Mycobacterium smegmatis); no cytotoxic (HeLa, Vero, Jurkat E6.1, AA-2, CEM-SS); antiviral (Coxsackie B2, HSV-1) |
Buddleja saligna Willd. | Buddlejaceae | Buddleja | Chilianthus olearaceus Burch. | fresh or dried leaves; colour grey-green; odour faint pleasant; texture leathery | saponins; tannins; reducing sugars; phenylpropanoid glycosides (e.g. verbascoside); lignans; neolignans; alkaloids; iridoids; acetylated iridoids; sesquiterpenoids; flavonoids | no data |
Bulbine frutescens (L.) Willd. | Asphodelaceae | Bulbine | Bulbine caulescens L Bulbine rostrata Willd. |
fresh leaves | knipholone; isoknipholone; gaboroquinone A; gaboroquinone B; demethylknipholone glucoside | no antimicrobial (Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Bacillis subtilis) |
Carpobrotus acinaciformis L. | Aizoaceae | Carpobrotus | Carpobrotus concavus L. Bolus Carpobrotus vanzijliae L. Bolus |
fresh or dried leaves; colour dull green when fresh, brittle pale green when dry; taste sour and astringent | citric acids; malic acid; mesembrine | antimicrobial (Staphylococcus aureus); no antimicrobial (Candida albicans, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Mycobacterium smegmatis); no antibacteriophage (MS2, PHI-X0174, T-7, T2, T4, Type1) |
Carpobrotus edulis (L.) L. Bol. | Aizoaceae | Carpobrotus | no data | fresh or dried leaves; colour dull green when fresh, brittle pale green when dry; taste sour and astringent | citric acid; malic acid; flavonoids (e.g. rutin, neohesperidin, hyperoside); ferulic acid; catechol tannins | antimicrobial (Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Moraxella catarrhalis); no antimicrobial (Candida albicans, Mycobacterium smegmatis) |
Chironia baccifera L. | Gentianaceae | Chironia | no data | fresh or dried aerial parts; colour bright green-yellow; odour faint biter-aromatic; texture soft when fresh | saponins; tannins; secoiridoids (e.g. chironioside, eustomoside, gentiopicroside); triterpenes; oleanolic acid | no data |
Cissampelos capensis L. f. | Menispermaceae | Cissampelos | Antizoma capensis (L.f.) Diels Antizoma capensis (L.f.) Diels var. pulverulenta (harv.) Diels Cissampelos fruticosa L.f. Cissampelos humilis Poir. |
fresh or dried leaves; colour light green; odour faint characteristic; texture thin and soft | alkaloids; saponins; tannins; reducing sugars; benzylisoquinolines; bisbenzylisoquinolines (e.g. tubocurarine, cissampareine); diterpenes; triterpenes | no antimicrobial (Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida albicans, Mycobacterium smegmatis) |
Cliffortia ferruginea L. f. | Rosaceae | Cliffortia | Cliffortia berberidifolia Lam. Cliffortia ferruginea var. flexuosa (E.Mey.) Harv. Cliffortia ferruginea var. latifolia Eckl. et Zeyh. Cliffortia ferruginea var. longifolia Eckl. et Zeyh. Cliffortia ferruginea var. villosa Harv. |
fresh or dried leaves and smaller stems; odour faint aromatic; texture leathery | saponins; tannins | weak antimicrobial (Staphylococcus aureus, Candida albicans, Mycobacterium smegmatis); no antimicrobial (Pseudomonas aeruginosa) |
Cliffortia odorata L. f. | Rosaceae | Cliffortia | Cliffortia alnifolia Reichenb. Cliffortia odorata L. f. var. vera Harv. |
fresh or dried overground parts; colour dull green; odour pleasantly aromatic; texture leathery | saponins; tannins; triterpenes | brine shrimp lethality; antimicrobial (Staphylococcus aureus); no antimicrobial (Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida albicans, Mycobacterium smegmatis) |
Conyza scabrida DC. | Asteraceae | Conyza | Conyza ivifolia (L.) Less. Baccharis ivaefolia L. |
fresh or dried leaves and smaller stems; odour pleasantly aromatic; texture soft | saponins; tannins; cardiac glycosides; diterpene acids (e.g. conyscabraic acid, hautriwaic acid, nidoresedaic acid, printziaic acid) | no antimicrobial (Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida albicans, Staphylococcus aureus, Mycobacterium smegmatis, Mycobacterium tuberculosus) |
Cotyledon orbiculata L. | Crassulaceae | Cotyledon | no data | fresh leaves; colour bright green to grey-green often with characteristic red margin; odour faint, texture fleshy | orbicusides A; orbicusides B; orbicusides C; tyledoside D | no data |
Dodonaea angustifolia L. f. | Sapindaceae | Dodonaea | Dodonaea thunbergiana Radlk. Dodonaea thunbergiana Radlk. var. linearis Sonder Dodonaea viscosa Jacq. var. angustifolia Benth. |
fresh or dried flowering tops; colour yellow-green when young; odour faintly aromatic;texture soft to leathery | saponins; tannins; quinones; triterpene; diterpenoid acids (e.g. hautriwaic acid, dodonic acid); flavones (e.g. santin, penduletin, aliarin, 5,7-dihydroxy-3'- (3-hydroxymethylbutyl) -3,6,4'-trimethoxyflavone); flavanones (e.g. pinocembrin) | brine shrimp lethality; no antimicrobial (Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida albicans, Mycobacterium smegmatis); analgesic (mouse); antipyretic (rat) |
Elytropappus rhinocerotis (L.f.) Less. | Asteraceae | Elytropappus | Stoebe rhinocerotis L. f. | fresh or dried young tops; colour grey-green; odour distinctive aromatic; taste bitter | saponins; tannins; reducing sugars; cardiac glycosides; rhinocerotinoic acid | antimicrobial (Staphylococcus aureus); no antimicrobial (Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida albicans, Mycobacterium smegmatis); antihypoglycaemic |
Eriocephalus africanus L. subsp. africanus Eriocephalus africanus L. subsp. Paniculatus |
Asteraceae | Eriocephalus | Eriocephalus umbellulatus DC. | fresh or dried flowering tops; odour highly aromatic | tannins; sesquiterpene lactones of the eudesmanolide type (e.g. 4a,11-dihydroxy-eudesmane, 11-OH-5a-hydroperoxy-eudesmane; ivangustin), dehydrofalcarinol | antispasmodic; weak antimicrobial (Staphylococcus aureus); no antimicrobial (Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Mycobacterium smegmatis, Candida albicans); brine shrimp lethality |
Euclea undulata Thunb. var. myrtina (Burch.) Hiern | Ebenaceae | Euclea | Euclea myrtina Burch. Euclea undulata Thunb. |
fresh or dried leaves; colour foliage pale green when young, becoming darker green; odour faint pleasant; texture rough-leathery; taste intensely astringent | saponins; tannins; reducing sugars; triterpenoids; aliphatics; napthoquinones (e.g. 7-methyl-juglone, diospyrin, isodiospyrin); | antimicrobial (Staphylococcus aureus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis); no antimicrobial (Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida albicans, Mycobacterium smegmatis) |
Galenia africana L. | Aizoaceae | Galenia | Galenia namaensis auct. non Schinz | fresh or dried aerial parts; colour yellow to yellow green; odour faintly aromatic | alkaloids | no antimicrobial (Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida albicans, Mycobacterium smegmatis) |
Geranium incanum Burm. f. | Geraniaceae | Geranium | Geranium incanum Burm. f. var. multifidum (Sweet) Hilliard et Burtt Geranium multifidum Sweet |
fresh or dried aerial parts; colour silver-grey; odour aromatic, texture soft | saponins; tannins (e.g. gallitannin, geraniin) | weak antimicrobial (Staphylococcus aureus); no antimicrobial (Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida albicans, Mycobacterium smegmatis); cytotoxic (HeLa, Vero, Jurkat E6.1, AA-2, CEM-SS); antiviral (Coxsackie B2, HSV-1) |
Gunnera perpensa L. | Gunneraceae | Gunnera | no data | fresh or dried rhizome; colour dark brown externally, cream todark pink internally; odour faint; texture hard to fleshy | celastrin | uterotonic (rat); no antimicrobial (Staphylococus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli) |
Harpagophytum procumbens DC. ex Meissner | Pedaliaceae | Harpagophytum | Harpagophytum procumbens subsp. transvaalense Ihlenf. et H. Hartm Harpagophytum burchellii Decne. Uncaria procumbens Burch |
dried sliced secondary tubers; colour light brown, often with a greenish tinge; odour faint; taste very bitter | Iridoid glycosides (e.g. cinnamyl ester of harpagide harpagide, procumbide); sugars (e.g. stachyose, raffinose, sucrose, monosaccharides); triterpenoids (e.g. oleanolic acid, 3beta-acetyl oleanolic acid, ursolic acid); phytosterols (e.g. beta-sitosterol, stigmasterol); aromatic acids (e.g. caffeic acid, cinnamic acid, chlorogenic acid); flavonoids (e.g. luteolin, kaempferol) | antiinflammatory (rat, mouse, human); cardiovascular; antiarrhythmic |
Helichrysum patulum (L.) D. Don | Asteraceae | Helichrysum | Gnaphalium patulum L. Helichrysum crispum (L). D. Don var. citrinum Harv. Helichrysum crispum auct. non (L.) D. Don |
fresh or dried leaves and smaller stems; colour grey; odour pleasantly aromatic; texture soft | tannins; flavonoids; diterpenes; acylphloroglucinol; alpha-pyrone; sesquiterpenes (e.g. labdane derivatives) | antimicrobial (Staphylococcus aureus); no antimicrobial (Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida albicans, Mycobacterium smegmatis) |
Helichrysum petiolare Hilliard et Burtt | Asteraceae | Helichrysum | Helichrysum petiolatum auct. non (L.) DC. | fresh or dried flowering tops; colour grey; odour aromatic; texture soft | flavonoids; phloroglucinol derivatives (e.g. caespitin); sesquiterpenes (e.g. caryophyllene oxide, spathulenol, alpha-humulene); alpha-pyrone derivatives; diterpenes | brine shrimp lethality; no antimicrobial (Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida albicans, Mycobacterium smegmatis) |
Hippia frutescens (L.) L. | Asteraceae | Hippia | Tanacetum frutescens L. | fresh or dried aerial parts; colour bright green; odour aromatic; texture soft hairy | saponins; tannins; alkaloids; camphor; trans beta-farnesene; linalool; linalool acetate; terpenen-4-ol; alpha-terpineol | antimicrobial (Staphylococcus aureus); no antimicrobial (Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Mycobacterium smegmatis or Candida albicans) |
Hypoxis hemerocallidea Fisch. & C.A. Mey. | Hypoxidaceae | Hypoxis | Hypoxis rooperi S. Moore | fresh or dried sliced corm; colour brown-black externally, bright yellow internally when freshly cut, darkening rapidly | hypoxoside; beta-sitosterol; sterolins; monoterpene glycosides; cytokinins (e.g. zeatin, zeatin riboside, zeatin glucoside) | antimutagenic; no toxicity (mouse, rabbit); no foetotoxic (mouse); no teratogenic (mouse); no cytotoxic (CA-9KB); no antitumour (mouse) |
Leonotis leonurus (L.) R. Br. | Lamiaceae | Leonotis | Phlomis leonurus L. Leonotis leonurus (L.) R. Br. var. albiflor |
dried aerial parts; colour bright yellow-green; odour characteristic aromatic, pungent; texture rough | saponins; tannins; quinones; alkaloids; triterpene steroids; diterpenoid labdane lactones (e.g. premarrubiin, marrubiin) | antinematodal (Caenorhabditis elegans); no antiamoebic; no molluscicidal (Biomphalaria pfeifferi, Bulinus truncatus); anticonvulsant (mouse); no antiphage (MS2, PHI-CHI-174, T-7, T2, T4, OPS7); antifertility (rat); uterotonic; antiimplantation; no brine shrimp lethality |
Leonotis ocymifolia (Burm. f.) Iwarsson | Lamiaceae | Leonotis | Phlomis ocymifolia Burm. f. | leaves and smaller stems; colour bright green when fresh; odour characteristic aromatic; texture soft | saponins; tannins; alkaloids; labdane type diterpene lactones (e.g. leonitin) | no data |
Leysera gnaphalodes (L.) L. | Asteraceae | Leysera | Asteropterus dinteri Rothm. Asteropterus gnaphalodes (L.) Rothm. Asteropterus gracilis Rothm. Asteropterus incanus Rothm. Callisia gnaphalodes L. Leysera incana Thunb. Leysera tenuifolia Salisb. |
fresh or dried leaves and stems; colour grey; odour aromatic; texture soft | tannins; alkaloids; triterpenes (e.g. oleanolic acid); benzofuran derivatives; diterpenes (e.g. labdane, kaurene derivatives) | no antimicrobial (Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Mycobacterium smegmatis, Candida albicans) |
Lobostemon fruticosus (L.) Buek | Boraginaceae | Lobostemon | Echium fruticosum L. Echium obovatum (DC.) I. M. Johnston Lobostemon lasiophyllus DC. |
fresh or dried leaves and smaller stems; colour blue-green; odour no perceptible; texture rough-leathery | saponins; tannins; reducing sugars; polysaccharides | no antimicrobial (Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida albicans, Mycobacterium smegmatis) |
Melianthus comosus Vahl. | Melianthaceae | Melianthus | no data | fresh or dried leaves; colour dull yellow-green; odour characteristic unpleasant; texture rough and leathery | saponins; tannins; triterpenes (e.g. oleanolic acid); bufadienolides (e.g melianthusigenin) | antimicrobial (Candida albicans, Staphylococcus, Mycobacterium smegmatis); no antimicrobial (Pseudomonas aeruginosa); antitumour (mouse); cytotoxicity (CA-9KB); toxicity (mouse colon carcinoma, mouse leukaemia) |
Melianthus major L. | Melianthaceae | Melianthus | no data | fresh or dried leaves; colour blue green; odour characteristic unpleasant; texture smooth and pliable | saponins; tannins; triterpenes (e.g. cyclolaudenol, oleanolic acid, ursolic acid, quercetaroic-30-caffeate); phytosterols (e.g. beta-sitosterol, daucosterol) | antimicrobial (Candida albicans, Staphylococcus aureus, Mycobacterium smegmatis); no antimicrobial (Pseudomonas aeruginosa) |