Plant active products and emerging interventions in water potabilisation: disinfection and multi-drug resistant pathogen treatment

Adeeyo, Adeyemi O.; Edokpayi, Joshua N.; Alabi, Mercy A.; Msagati, Titus A. M.; Odiyo, John O.

doi:10.1186/s40816-021-00258-4

Clinical Phytoscience

International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy

Table 5 Chemical components and target microbial group of some medicinal plants

From: Plant active products and emerging interventions in water potabilisation: disinfection and multi-drug resistant pathogen treatment

Botanical name	Family name	English name	Plant part	Chemical components	Target microorganism(s)	Reference
Allium cepa	Alliaceae	Onion	Leaves, bulb	Chrysophanol, aloe-emodin, hydroxyl-2,5-dimethylchromone, Aloin A and B, Aloesin, Aloenin B, 10-hydroxyaloin B	Candida	Shams-Ghahfarokhi et al. [165]
Aloe barbadensis	Aloeaceae	Burn plant, Aloe vera, medicinal aloe	Leaves	Barbaloin, chrysophanol glycoside, aglycone, aloe-emodin, aloesone, aloesin	Corynebacterium, Salmonella, Streptococcus	Athiban et al. [166]
Cassia angustifolia	Caesalpiniaceae	Senna	Pods, fruit, stems, leaves	Oxymethylanthraquinone, flavanols, isorhamnetin, Kaempferol, rhein, emodin, sennosides, aloe-emodin, emodin glucoside	Staphylococcus aureus	Singanboina et al. [167]
Glycyrrhiza glabra	Papilionaceae	Mulaithi	Root	Glycyrrhizin, glycyrrhetic acid, isoliquiritin, isoflavones	Staphylococcus aureus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis	Varsha et al. [168]
Lawsonia inermis	Lythraceae	Heena	Leaves, seeds	Lawsone, 2-hydroxy-1, 4-napthoquinone resin, tannin, gallic acid, saponin, trim-ethylamine, sterols	Staphylococcus aureus	Habbal et al. [169]
Panax notoginseng	Araliaceae	Chinese ginseng, notoginseng	Root	Saponin, flavonoids, polyacetylenes, peptides, ginsenosides, polysaccharides	Escherichia coli, Sporothrix schenckii, Trichophyton	Wang et al. [170]
Rabdosia trichocarpa	Lamiaceae	Dong ling cao	Leaves	Sodoponin, ponicidin, oridonin, odonicin, lasiodonin, lasiokaurinol, rubescensin C, rabdosin A, Ememogin	Helicobacter pylori	Kadota et al. [171]
Rumex crispus	Polygonaceae	Curly dock, yellow dock	All parts although the root is the most active	Beta-sitosterol, hexadecanoicacid, chrysophanol, physcion, emodin, catechin	Escherichia coli, Salmonella, Staphylococcus	Wegiera et al. [172]
Santolina chamaecyparissus	Asteraceae	Cotton lavender	Leaves, flowers	Artyemisia ketone, dihydroaromadendrene, β-phellandrene	Gram positive bacteria, Candida	Salah-Fatnassi et al. [173]
Taraxacum officinale	Asteraceae	Dandelion	Leaves	Phytosterols, sesquiterpene lactones, flavonoids, aremetin, quercetin, luteolin	Streptomuces cerevisiae, Candida albicans	Liang et al. [174]

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