Phytochemical Profile and Antimicrobial Assessment of Abutilon fruticosum Guill. & Perr. Growing in Gebel Elba, Egypt

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1 Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Department, Desert Research Center, Cairo, 11753, Egypt; Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, 11566, Egypt.

2 Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, 11566, Egypt.

3 Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Department, Desert Research Center, Cairo, 11753, Egypt.

Abstract

Abutilon fruticosum Guill. & Perr. (Family Malvaceae) is distributed throughout a number of arid and semi-arid regions and has been used in traditional and folk medicine. The current study was conducted to estimate the phytochemical profiling and antimicrobial activity of Abutilon fruticosum Guill. & Perr. growing in Gebel Elba, Egypt against some respiratory tract infections isolates (Gram-negative bacteria: Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterobacter cloacae, and Acinetobacter baumannii; Gram-positive bacteria: Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus epidermidis, and Enterococcus faecalis; and yeast: Candida tropicalis). Phytoconstituents determination of Abutilon fruticosum was carried out using the high resolution ultra-performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UPLC/qTOF-MS/ MS); which yielded the determination of thirty constituents including phenolic acids, alkaloids and the majority of flavonoids. Abutilon fruticosum extracts were tested for their in vitro antimicrobial activity using the disc diffusion method. Plant extracts exhibited potent antimicrobial activity against the tested isolates. Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) for the most suitable successive fractions were determined. Butanol fraction showed the lowest MIC (25 mg/ ml) against all the tested organisms. While; ethyl acetate fraction exhibited the lowest MIC (12.5 mg/ ml) against Klebsiella pneumoniae. Abutilon fruticosum Guill. & Perr. extracts are enriched in phytoconstituents which are likely attributed to their potential antimicrobial activity.

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Egyptian Journal of Chemistry
Volume 65, Issue 132 - Serial Number 13
Special Issue: Chemistry and Global Challenges (Part B)
December 2022
Pages 1299-1305

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  • Receive Date: 01 August 2022
  • Revise Date: 18 September 2022
  • Accept Date: 20 September 2022

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