TAHEEBO LEAF EXTRACT

摘要

People living in developing and industrialized countries have begun taking a second look at herbal medicines due to the rising cost of medicine. taheebo, an herbal plant was utilized in this study. The air dried leaves were percolated in ethyl acetate, purified by wet column chromatography and characterized using UV-VIS spectra with a ?max at 413nm and GC mass spectra identified 27 compounds. The extract inhibited the growth of Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtillis and Tricophyton mentagrophytes with Als of 1.1, 0.5 and 0.3 respectively. The megestrol acetate identified in the leaves can be used for cancer treatment.