Phytochemical and antibacterial evaluations of the stem bark of. A shrub or small tree reaching to 78 m high in the west senegal, 26 to 20 m in the east nigeria, 21 of the region, and to 2. Standardization of newbouldia laevis powdered pulps minyem. Mar 14, 2015 the aim of the present study was to evaluate the in vitro antioxidant and free radical scavenging capacity of bioactive metabolites present in newbouldia laevis leaf extract. Newbouldia laevis family bignoniaceae as an external antiseptic for wound dressing.
Newbouldia laevis is a sunloving, fastgrowing, droughttolerant species from west tropical africa. Twelve male albino rats were grouped into three a, b and c of four 4 each. This study was conducted to assess the effect of newbouldia laevis leaf extract on growth performance and faecal egg count of west african dwarf sheep. Hence, the effect of oral administration of aqueous extract of newbouldia laevis leaves for twenty one 21 days on reproductive hormones of albino male rats was investigated. Iita headquarters pmb 5320, oyo road, ibadan 200001, oyo state, nigeria. Synonymic checklists of the vascular plants of the world 2019. In nigeria, the plant has been found to be effective in the treatment of elephantiasis, dysentery, rheumatic swellings, syphilis, constipation, pile and as a vermifuge to round worms usman and osuji, 2007. Phytochemical and in vitro antimicrobial assay of the leaf. Preparation of plant extracts the fresh leaves of newbouldia laevis were air dried for 7 days and ground into powdered form, 400g of each plant samples were extracted using 6000ml of 70% ethanol and shaken intermittently for 72 hours.
Six pyrazole alkaloids of natural origin isolated from newbouldia laevis in dr congo that exhibit antimalarial activitynamely withasomnine, newbouldine, and their parahydroxy and methoxy derivativeswere investigated theoretically. There still exist a large number of tropical trees with. On oct 2, 2007, rareplantbroker from fort pierce, fl wrote. Antiinflammatory, phytochemical and acute toxicity study of. Computational study of antimalarial pyrazole alkaloids. Haematological, biochemical, newbouldia laevis, diabetes, antioxidant 1. Hepatoprotective, phytochemical and antioxidant properties of. Standardization of newbouldia laevis powdered pulps resume introduction.
Newbouldia laevis has different symbols and meanings to different countries for example. Newbouldia laevis is one of such plants and its leaves are used in southeastern nigeria to hasten parturition and to expel the placenta after delivery. Cheminform is a weekly abstracting service, delivering concise information at a glance that was extracted from about 100 leading journals. The board of trustees of the royal botanic gardens, kew. Apr 19, 2019 fertility plant or indian cork tree newbouldia laevis. Pdf antinociceptive effects of newbouldia laevis p. Shade tree effects in an 8yearold cocoa agroforestry system. Phytochemical and in vitro antimicrobial assay of the leaf extract of. Anaga, university of agriculture makurdi, nigeria p1. Pdf antiinflammatory and analgesic effects of ethanolic. Today, biological research has shown that this practice of phytotherapy will remain with man for sometime.
The database and code is licensed under a creative commons attributionnoncommercialsharealike 3. Stem bark extract in a rat model article pdf available in pharmacognosy magazine 517. Some other people from tlc same area use the leaf and inti0rescenc cf a. The hepatoprotective activity of the plant reported in this study would provide scientific evidence of its claimed medicinal properties. Pdf antithrombotic activities of newbouldia laevis p.
Chemical constituents, the stereochemistry of 3hydroxy. Biochemical and haematological effects of the leaf extract. Oct 29, 2014 six pyrazole alkaloids of natural origin isolated from newbouldia laevis in dr congo that exhibit antimalarial activitynamely withasomnine, newbouldine, and their parahydroxy and methoxy derivativeswere investigated theoretically. Pdf the study evaluated anticoagulant properties of the methanol extract of newbouldia laevis leaves using blood clotting time, bleeding time and. Phytochemical screening and proximate analysis of newbouldia laevis and allium sativum. In this report, i shall discuss a test for an extract prepared from the fully matured leaves of newbouldia laevis as a bactericide against those microbes implicated in causing toothache. Newbouldia is a genus of plant in the family bignoniaceae native to africa. Some medicinal applications of parts of newbouldia laevis are known. The methanolic leaf extract of newbouldia laevis was subjected to preliminary phytochemical screening and invitro antimicrobial tests. Introduction newbouldia laevis family bignoniaceae is a nonleguminous, medium sized angiosperm, commonly called boundary tree planted as hedgerows and as a life fence, chieftaincy tree used in chieftaincy and traditional religious ceremonies.
Phytochemical studies and antidiabetic activities of. Garden catalogs orisha exotic plants medicinal plants spirituality bloom gardens science health. The nitro derivatives of withasomnine and parahydroxywithasomnine, which show enhanced antimalarial activity, were also studied in this manner. Antiinflammatory and analgesic effects of ethanolic leaf extract of newbouldia laevis p.
Department of agriculture agricultural research service. Fertility herbs and their local names the fertile chick. A naphthoquinoneanthraquinone ether coupled pigment, as a potential antimicrobial and antimalarial agent from newbouldia laevis. The ibibio and efik people of nigeria regard the tree as a symbol of their deities thus they tend to place it in sacred places. It was filtered and the filtrate concentrated dried in. This pretty fast growing mediumsize tree is close related to popular tabebuias.
The stereochemistry of 3hydroxy furonaphthoquinones. It is a monotypic genus consisting of the species newbouldia laevis common name. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the in vitro antioxidant and free radical scavenging capacity of bioactive metabolites present in newbouldia laevis leaf extract. The original article is trackable via the references option. Paterno from tabebuia avellanedae bignoniaceae in 1882. Some villages in ivory coast and gabon plant the tree near the tombs to act as a protective talisman. Computational study of antimalarial pyrazole alkaloids from. Chemical composition of newbouldia laevis latest published. Stem bark of newbouldia laevis against isolates from. Newbouldia laevis bignoniaceae is a woody tropical plant commonly found in southwest nigeria. Chromatographic and spectrophotometric methods were used in the study and modified where necessary in the study.
Threeminute herbal treatment to reduce dental caries with. As a result, there is need to study the flower root of bark of newbouldia laevis, family. Leaves are lush, tropical looking, dark red and waxy. The status of the 3 species names for the genus newbouldia recorded in.
Beauv is a medicinal plant traditionally used to treat various diseases across african countries. Toxicological assessment of ethanolic extract of the. Creative commons attributionnoncommercialsharealike 3. Newbouldia laevis boundary tree african border tree akoko. The morphology, habitat and cultivation of newbouldia laevis have been described 1618. In this study, the acute and subchronic toxicity profiles of the ethanolic extract of the leaves of n.
Aduruku in hausa, ogirisi in igbo and akoko in yoruba languages hutchinson and dalziel, 1963 is a medium sized angiosperm which belongs to the bignoniaceae family. Hepatoprotective, phytochemical and antioxidant properties. Useful tropical plants database 2014 by ken fern, web interface by ajna fern with help from richard morris. Request pdf on sep 1, 2008, bertin vouffo and others published chemical constituents of dorstenia picta and newbouldia laevis find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. The rams were allotted to three treatment groups containing 8 animals per group, each group were drenched with. It only reaches a height of 3 8 metres in the west of its range, but can attain a height of up to 20 metres in the east 200. Introduction diabetes mellitus dm is the commonest serious, complex and multifarious group of metabolic disorders of multiple etiology that disturbs carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism, characterized by chronic hyperglyce. Chemical constituents of dorstenia picta and newbouldia laevis. Among these, nine quinone derivatives 17, 12, one triterpeniod 8, and three steroids 911 were isolated. Antiinflammatory, phytochemical and acute toxicity study. Newbouldia laevis, antihyperglycemi c, diabetes mellitus, blood glucose, alloxan, hypoglycemia 1. A wide spectrum of therapeutic activities have been attributed to lapachol or its derivatives viz. It is called ewe akoko in yoruba people of west africa. Toxicological assessment of ethanolic extract of the leaves.
The genus newbouldia is in the family bignoniaceae in the major group angiosperms flowering plants. Shade tree effects in an 8yearold cocoa agroforestry. Boundary tree newbouldia laevis important information. Bignoniaceae african border tree, akoko tree, newboldia origin. Agents that stimulate uterine contraction are classified as oxytocics 2 and are employed clinically for the induction and augmentation of labour as well as in the management of the third. Each multistrata treatment consisted of one shade tree in combination with a cocoa tree stratum. Agents that stimulate uterine contraction are classified as oxytocics and are employed clinically for the. Newbouldia laevis in the germplasm resources information network grin, u. Family compositae for wound dressing and earaches caused by inflammation of the car. By onsite inspection, 12 random 10 m radius circular plots centered around the upper canopy shade tree were selected with approximately 25 cocoa trees in each plot. Congolese newbouldia laevis revealed the absence of flavonoids, saponnins, quinonones, terpenes and steroids gafner et al.
Antihyperglycemic studies on the leaf extract and active. Newbouldia in world checklist of selected plant families. Through bioassayguided fractionation, compounds 1 were isolated from the ch 2 cl 2 meoh 1. The pdf file you selected should load here if your web browser has a pdf reader plugin installed for example, a recent version of adobe acrobat reader if you would like more information about how to print, save, and work with pdfs, highwire press provides a helpful frequently asked questions about pdfs alternatively, you can download the pdf file directly to your computer, from where it. Newbouldia laevis, antibacterial, phytochemical, wound isolates, eye isolates. Newbouldia laevis is native to tropical africa and grows from guinea savannahs to dense forests arbonnier, 2004. Aduruku in hausa, ogirisi in igbo and akoko in yoruba languages. This article is a compilation of fertility herbs and their local names, alongside an interview with a traditional medicine practitioner. Media in category newbouldia laevis the following 7 files are in this category, out of 7 total. In some parts of southeastern nigeria, it is usually planted at the grave to mark the position of the head of the deceased.
Newbouldia laevis commonly called african border tree or boundary tree is known locally as aduruku in hausa, ogirisi in igbo and akoko in yoruba languages of northern, eastern and western nigeria, respectively. The tree has a wide distribution across west and central africa. Hepatoprotective effect, newbouldia laevies, antioxidant properties, lipid peroxidation. Newbouldia laevis african border tree freund flowering. Anticonvulsant activity of aqueous extract of root and stem bark of.
Materials and methods chemicals all chemicals used were of analytical grade. Newbouldia laevis seem, is an ubiquitous perennial plant belonging to the family bignoniaceae with varying applicability in. Pdf phytochemical screening and proximate analysis of. Ethnobotanical survey and literature revealed its application in the management of cns disorders e. Usda, ars, germplasm resources information network. The antimicrobial activity of the plant extract was assayed by the agar plate disc diffusion and nutrient broth dilution techniques. Biochemical and haematological effects of the leaf extract of. The plant list includes 3 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus newbouldia. Preliminary phytochemical analysis showed that the leaves and stem bark of newboudia aevis and the leaves and inflorescence of aspilia africana. In vitro antioxidant capacity and free radical scavenging. It is a familiar livefence and boundary tree throughout its.
Uterine contractile effects of the aqueous and ethanol. Uterine contractile effects of the aqueous and ethanol leaf. See status, confidence level, source for definitions. Standardization of newbouldia laevis powdered pulps. The plant has shiny dark green leaves and bears large showy terminal purple flowers. The extract revealed the presence of flavonoids, tannins, terpenes, steroidal and cardiac glycosides. The effect of oral administration of aqueous extract of. Newbouldia laevis, african border tree, akoko tree. Leaves of newbouldia laevis contain a class of indole alkaloids called betacarbolines 2.
The use of plants to facilitate birth or to protect the young embryo appears to be a common practice among traditional healers. Analgesic and antiinflammatory screening of newbouldia. It has earned its common name, the boundary tree, due to the fact that it is planted as a living fence in its native habitat to mark property boundaries. The clusters of lavender flowers bloom winter and spring.
This plant is a popular and potent fertility herb that is used to treat all female reproductive disorders including infertility as the name implies. Newbouldia laevis, african border tree, akoko tree, newboldia. Seeman ex bureau is a bignoniaceae widely distributed in usa, central africa and west africa. Introduction scientific validations are being made globally to get evidences for traditionally used herbal plants. Lapachol is a naphthoquinone that was first isolated by e.
In nigeria the leaves of the plant are used in the treatment of convulsions, diabetes, and different bacterial infections. Chemical characterization and biological activities of. Introduction newbouldia laevis family bignoniaceae is a nonleguminous, medium sized angiosperm, commonly called boundary tree planted as hedgerows and as a life fence, chieftaincy tree used in. All plants, bloom seasons, flowering trees, medium trees, spring, winter by admin the place of origin for this medium evergreen tree is tropical africa.