<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mandla Hlongwane</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Siphamandla Lamula</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lisa Buwa-Komoreng</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Phytochemical Analysis and Antimicrobial Activity of Medicinal Plants Commonly Used in the Treatment of Tuberculosis in the Eastern Free State, South Africa</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacognosy Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dicoma anomala</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Drimia depressa</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Eucomis autumnalis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hermannia depressa</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lotononis lanceolata</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Senecio harveianus</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Thesium angulosum</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Xysmalobium undulatum</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2025</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">April 2025</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">17</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">155-163</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background: &lt;/strong&gt;Tuberculosis (TB), an airborne infectious disease that mainly infects the lungs, caused by&lt;em&gt; Mycobacterium tuberculosis.&lt;/em&gt; South Africa is one of the countries with the highest TB and multi-drugresistant TB burden.&lt;strong&gt; Objective: &lt;/strong&gt;This study aimed at screening eight medicinal plants that are frequently used by herbalists and traditional healers of the eastern Free State for the treatment of TB. &lt;strong&gt;Methods:&lt;/strong&gt; Thirty-two plant extracts were screened for the presence of phytochemicals, antibacterial, antifungal and antimycobacterial activities using standard methods. &lt;strong&gt;Results:&lt;/strong&gt; Extracts prepared from &lt;em&gt;Hermannia depressa&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Senecio harveianus &lt;/em&gt;displayed the best antibacterial activity against all test microorganisms ranging between 0.098 and 0.781 mg/ml while &lt;em&gt;Drimia depressa&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Lotononis lanceolata &lt;/em&gt;extracts displayed the best antifungal activity between 0.049 and 0.781 mg/ml. The good antimycobacterial activity was observed with organic extracts prepared from&lt;em&gt; Dicoma anomala,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;H. depressa, L. lanceolata &lt;/em&gt;and &lt;em&gt;S. harveianus &lt;/em&gt;between 0.195 and 0.781 mg/ml. &lt;strong&gt;Discussion:&lt;/strong&gt; All plants displayed the presence of tannins and saponins and the absence of alkaloids, anthraquinones and steroids. Plants under this study demonstrated significant antibacterial, antifungal and antimycobacterial activities, with extracts prepared from &lt;em&gt;H. depressa &lt;/em&gt;and &lt;em&gt;S. harveianus &lt;/em&gt;displaying the best activity against all the test microorganisms with MIC values ranging between 0.098 and 0.781 mg/ml, respectively. &lt;strong&gt;Conclusion:&lt;/strong&gt; The selected medicinal plants that are used in the treatment of TB and related respiratory ailments in the eastern Free State revealed the presence of phytochemicals and significant antimicrobial activities, which explain and justify their frequent use by traditional healers.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;Research Directorate, Mangosuthu University of Technology, Durban, SOUTH AFRICA.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;Botany Department, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, University of Fort Hare, Alice, SOUTH AFRICA.&lt;/p&gt;
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