Chemical constituents, in vitro antimicrobial and cytotoxic potentials of the extracts from Macaranga barteri Mull-Arg

• Published in: Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine
• Main Authors: Akintayo Ogundajo, Benjamin Okeleye, Anofi Omotayo Ashafa
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017
• Subjects: Macaranga barteri; GC–MS; Antimicrobial; Cytotoxicity; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Arctic; Mull
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apjtb.2017.06.014; https://doaj.org/article/9f8c5e200c5d4716b37b1914179a1da3

Objectives: To investigate antimicrobial and cytotoxic potentials as well as chemical constituents of extracts from Macaranga barteri (M. barteri). Methods: Antimicrobial activity was carried out using micro-dilution, cell culture and GC–MS methods were employed to determine the cytotoxicity and che...