Phytochemical analysis and antimicrobial activity of Tamarindus indica extracts against Fusarium oxysporum and Xanthomonas campestris
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Abstract. Gitari FM, Githae EW, Kuria EK. 2023. Phytochemical analysis and antimicrobial activity of Tamarindus indica extracts against Fusarium oxysporum and Xanthomonas campestris. Intl J Trop Drylands 7: 73-82. Plant-pathogenic bacteria and fungi are a major threat to biodiversity and food security worldwide. The pathogens are difficult to control using cultural methods and have sometimes acquired resistance to conventional pesticides. This has necessitated the search for more efficient active compounds against them. One promising source of such compounds is tropical-medicinal plants such as Tamarindus indica L. This study first determined the phytochemical composition of T. indica extracts from different parts (leaves, bark, roots, and pods). Then it evaluated in-vitro the antimicrobial activity against plant pathogenic bacteria (Xanthomonas campestris) and fungi (Fusarium oxysporum). Crude extracts were obtained using different solvents (dichloromethane, methanol, and acetone). The analysis revealed the presence of nine pharmaco-active phytochemicals; methanol extracts had the highest concentrations of these phytochemicals. All extracts demonstrated inhibitory effects against F. oxysporum. However, the extracts did not show any antimicrobial effect against X. campestris. There was a significant difference (p<0.05) in the percentage of inhibition of F. oxysporum growth by different extracts. Generally, high growth inhibition was observed in media containing different plant extracts at 250 and 500 ppm concentrations. For acetone extracts, the highest inhibition (71.042%) was induced by root extract at a 250 ppm concentration, whereas for dichloromethane extracts, the highest inhibition (68.811%) was induced by 500 ppm of leaf extract. Methanol extracts from stem recorded the highest inhibition of 86.953% at concentrations of 125 ppm. This was followed by root extracts (75.169% inhibition) at 500 ppm. The T. indica, therefore, has great potential as a source of bio-pesticide for use in integrated pest management of F. oxysporum.
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