Egypt has many wild plants such as Sonchus oleraceus, Cichorium
pumilum and Portulacaoleraceae which are one of the perfect sources of
natural effective compounds including alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins,
terpenes, steroids and phenols. This study investigated that P.oleracea has a
greater total phenolic, flavonoids and antioxidant activity followed by S.
oleraceus and finally C. pumilum. Also, alkaloid was found in all the plants
examined with the highest quantities obtained in S. oleraceus (78.6%) then,
P. oleracea (66.4%), while C. pumilum have 41.8%. While total terpenoid
and saponin were the highest percentages with Portulaca oleracea (61.6%)
and (35.3%) respectively. In addition to all the extracts could inhibit these
fungi at a different level in which ethanolic and methanolic extracts of
Portulaca oleracea and Cichorium pumilum generally had higher antifungal
activities against A. aflatoxiformans and A ochraceus. Finally, these plant
extracts contain many effective compounds that enable to play the role of
antifungals. |
