Scholars Bulletin (SB)
Volume-4 | Issue-01 | Sch. Bull.; 2018, 4(1): 74-80
Subject Category: Pharmacutical Sciences
Antihemolytic, radical scavenging and antibacterial activities of essential oil of Fagara macrophylla (Oliv) Engl from Masako forest reserve (RD Congo)
Mbula JP, Kwembe JTK, Tshilanda DD, Ngobua KN, Mbala BM, Nsimba SM, Onautshu O, Mpiana PT
Published : Jan. 30, 2018
Abstract
Abstract: Essential oil of Fagara macrophylla from DR Congo was tested for antihemolytic, radical scavenging and antibacterial activities. The extraction gives an essential oil yield of 1.08 %, density of 0.7066 and refractive index of 1.4721 20°C. Aqueous and methanolic extracts showed high antisickling activity with the normalization rate (NR), the minimal concentration of normalization (MCN) and the concentration that normalized 50% of RBC (ED50) for aqueous extract of respectively 93%, 8µg/mL and 0.43µg/mL and for the methanolic extract NR, MCN and ED50 are respectively of 91%, 12µg/mL and 0.60µg/mL. The essential oil showed no antisickling activity but weak antihemolytic and radical scavenging activities. The F macrophylla essential oil showed higher bacterial activity on Staphylococcus aureus than the two antibiotics used as standards (Meropenem, Ceftriaxone).