Pharmacological evaluation of crude methanolic extract of Kalanchoe pinnata leaves |
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| Authors: | Mushtaq Ahmed Zafer Ullah Wazir Rahmat Ali Khan Mohammed Imran Khan Syed Waqas Asif Iqbal |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Science and Technology, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Bannu, Pakistanmushtaq213@yahoo.com;3. Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Science and Technology, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Bannu, Pakistan |
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| Abstract: | Medicinal plants play a crucial role in maintaining human health. Kalanchoe pinnata has been used for treatment of different ailments like infections, rheumatism, and inflammation. Data showed that Kalancho pinnata methanolic extract (100 or 1000 μg/ml) significantly inhibited growth of shoots (hypocotyls) and roots (radicals) of rice compared to control after 3 or 7 days treatment. Further, the Kalancho pinnata methanolic extract (50–1000 μg/ml) exhibited antioxidant properties and scavenged free radicals in dose-dependent manner compared with a standard antioxidant (ascorbic acid). Kalancho pinnata methanolic extract also possesses antifungal property that inhibited approximately 76% and 51% growth of Aspergillus flavous and Aspergillus niger, respectively, using the extract at 200 μg/ml. |
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| Keywords: | Kalanchoe pinnata antioxidant antifungal phytotoxicity |
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