Anti-fungal activities of constituents from Uvaria scheffleri and Artabotrys brachypetalus
Department of Botany, University of Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania (1)
Department of Chemistry, University of Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania (2,3,4)
The anti-fungal activity of schefflone, a mixture of dimmer, 3,5 dimethoxy carvacrol and annonaceous acetogenin, extracted from stem-bark and root of Uvaria scheffleri and Artabotrys bruchypetalus against Fusarium solani, Botryodiplodia theobromae, Asperillus niger and Aspergillus flavus was determined. An in-vitro bioassay showed that the minimum inhibitory effect of the compounds to the fungal pathogens occurred at 200 ppm in both radial growth and mycelia dry weight measurements. Acetogenin from A brachypetalus had a very strong anti-fungal effect on all the test fungi. The effects of the compounds were more pronounced on F. solani than on the other. The bioassay methods also play a significant role in the sensitivity of the samples on the pathogens.