Mangoes a new fruit to be added to our diet frequently. I had no clue how good they are for you until getting a couple a few days ago. They were on sale because of being at the point of no return if not eaten or canned. So bought, cooked and made into something similar to Peach Butter. Haven't done anything yet with the skins or pits that are shaped something like Oysters (Mango butter for skin possibly). The skins have a lovely faint Cedar scent to them.
Mangifera Indica (Mango)
SUMMARY
Mangifera indica (MI), also known as mango, aam, it has been an important herb in the Ayurvedic and indigenous medical systems for over 4000 years. Mangoes belong to genus
Mangifera which consists of about 30 species of tropical fruiting trees in the flowering plant family Anacardiaceae. According to ayurveda, varied medicinal properties are attributed to different parts of mango tree. Mango possesses antidiabetic, anti-oxidant, anti-viral, cardiotonic, hypotensive, anti-inflammatory properties. Various effects like antibacterial, anti fungal, anthelmintic, anti parasitic, anti tumor, anti HIV, antibone resorption, antispasmodic, antipyretic, antidiarrhoeal, antiallergic, immunomodulation, hypolipidemic, anti microbial, hepatoprotective, gastroprotective have also been studied. Pharmacologically and medicinally important chemical such as mangiferin, being a polyphenolic antioxidant and a glucosyl xanthone, it has strong antioxidant, anti lipid peroxidation, immunomodulation, cardiotonic, hypotensive, wound healing, antidegenerative and antidiabetic activities.
Antimicrobial Activities of Seed Extracts of Mango (
Mangifera indica L.)
Antimicrobial Activities of Seed Extracts of Mango (Mangifera indica L.)
Amgad A. Awad El-Gied,
Martin R. P. Joseph,
Ismail M. Mahmoud,
Abdelkareem M. Abdelkareem,
Ahmad M. Al Hakami,
Mohamed E. Hamid
Affiliation(s)
Department of Clinical Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, KSA.
Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, King Khalid University, Abha, KSA.
Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Omdurman Islamic University, Omdurman, Sudan.
ABSTRACT
Mangifera indica L. is a species of mango in the
Anacardiaceae family. It is found in the wild in tropical regions and cultivated varieties have been introduced to other warm regions of the world. This present study aimed to investigate the
in vitro antimicrobial activities of methanol and ethanol extracts of mango seed against 25 representatives gram positive, gram negative, acid fast bacteria and fungi. Mango fruit seed were extracted by Soxhlet using methanol and ethanol as solvents. The extracts were tested against the microorganisms using disc diffusion method at different concentrations: 5 mg/mL, 3.75 mg/mL, 3.125 mg/mL, 2.5 mg/mL, 1.875 mg/mL and 1.25 mg/mL).
In vitro antibacterial activities of methanol and ethanol extracts of mango bulb showed inhibitions to tested organisms with variable inhibition zones. Except one organism (
Rhodococcus equi), no resistance among the tested strains was shown. The mean zone of inhibition produced ranged between 5 mmand18 mmwith18 mm/
Mycobacterium smegmatis showed the highest zone of inhibition. In most test strains comparable zones of inhibitions were noted for both methanol and ethanol extract.
Candida albicans and
Aspergilllus niger were both inhibited by the extracts. The methanol and ethanol extracts of mango seed showed good inhibitory effects against almost all tested strains. The inhibition zones produced by mango extract were less than those produced by standard positive control drug. This could be due to low diffusion rate of mango extract in agarose medium, a thing needed to be further investigated. The products are potential new antimicrobial therapy in the ethnopharmacology domain.
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