Thesis (M.Sc.(Microbiology)) -- University of Limpopo, 2022 / This study aimed to investigate antimycobacterial and cytotoxic compounds from
Cassia petersiana. Cassia petersiana was selected for the current study based on its
traditional use for treating tuberculosis (TB) symptoms. Extraction is an important step
in the use of medicinal plants; hence, solvents of varying polarity were employed to
extract a wide range of compounds where chloroform was the best extractant (67 mg).
As there is no relation between the amount of plant material extracted and the
bioactivity of the extracts, standard tests were used to determine the presence of
different phytochemical constituents from Cassia petersiana and the total phenolic,
flavonoid, and tannin contents were quantified using colorimetric assays. It was
revealed that all the tested phytochemical constituents were present, and it was
proven that phenolic compounds were the most abundant, followed by the tannins,
while the flavonoids were the least among the common phytochemical constituents
quantified. The phytochemical compounds were further profiled on thin-layer
chromatography (TLC) and developed in BEA, CEF, and EMW solvent systems.
Colourful compounds which indicated diverse phytochemicals were visualised with
both vanillin-sulphuric acid and ultraviolet light on the phytochemical chromatograms
and good separation of the compounds was from the BEA solvent system. The
qualitative and quantitative antioxidant activity and antimycobacterial activity assays
were used to evaluate the extracts from Cassia petersiana. Minimal antioxidant activity
was observed on the qualitative antioxidant activity profile. These findings correlated
with the minimal quantity of antioxidants from extracts of Cassia petersiana from the
quantitative antioxidant assays; ferric reducing power and DPPH scavenging activity
assays. Cassia petersiana extracts had bioactivity against Mycobacterium smegmatis
as indicated by the lowest MIC value. The cell viability effects of the acetone crude
extract from Cassia petersiana were evaluated against the tryptophan hydroxylase-1
(TPH-1) macrophage cells. Large scale extraction procedure was employed to extract
a sufficient amount of plant material in preparation for the isolation of the bioactive
compound. Bioassay-guided fractionation combined with column chromatography and
TLC were used to isolate and purify the bioactive compound from the n-hexane extract
of Cassia petersiana. The purified isolated compound was elucidated as β-sitosterol,
which showed remarkable bioactivity against Mycobacterium smegmatis only on the
TLC-bioautographic assay, while the quantitative antimycobacterial activity was higher
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with the MIC value of 2.5 mg/mL. Although β-sitosterol is known as a good antioxidant,
it showed no antioxidant activity on the qualitative antioxidant activity assay.
Therefore, further studies, including in vivo assay, are recommended on the isolated
compound to evaluate its biological activities before consideration of its use in the
development of alternative drugs.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:ul/oai:ulspace.ul.ac.za:10386/4224 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Mothupi, Ramokone Florah |
| Contributors | Masoko, P. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | xx, 126 leaves |
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