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. 2021 Dec 14;10(12):1990. doi: 10.3390/antiox10121990

Table 2.

List of reported plant extracts with anti-tuberculosis activities against different M. tuberculosis isolates.

Plant
(Bioactive Compound)
Extract Mtb MIC References
Lantana hispida
(-acetoxy-22-(2′-methyl-2Z-butenyloxy)-12-oleanen-28-oic acid, hydroxy-22β-(2′-methyl-2Z-butenoyloxy)-12-oleanen-28-oic acid and oleanolic acid)
Hexane extract Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain H37Rv 50, 50 and 25 μg/mL respectively [61]
Taxus baccata Chloroform extract of heartwood and ethanolic extract of leaves M. tuberculosis strain H37Ra 200 μg/mL [62]
Adhatoda vasica (2-acetyl benzylamine and vasicine acetate) Hexane extract Mtb 200 and 50 μg/mL, respectively [63]
Terminalia phanerophlebia Ethanolic extract of leaves M. tuberculosis H37Ra 390 μg/mL [64]
Opuntia ficus-indica Methanolic extract of the plant (summer season) M. tuberculosis strain H37Rv (ATCC 27294) 50 μg/mL [65]
Angiopteris evecta Methanolic extract of leaves M. tuberculosis H37Rv 400 μg/mL [66]
Costus speciosus, Piper sarmentosum, Pluchea indica, Pluchea indica, and Tabernaemontana coronaria Methanolic extract 800 μg/mL
Zanthoxylum capense (Decarine) Methanolic extract of roots M. tuberculosis H37Ra (ATCC 25177) and M. tuberculosis H37Rv (ATCC 27294) 1.6 μg/mL [67]
Helichrysum devium Methanolic extract M. tuberculosis H37Rv 50 μg/mL [68]
H. melaleucum 100 μg/mL
H. obconicum 200 μg/mL
Artemisia capillaris (hydroquinone and ursolic acid) Methanolic extract M. tuberculosis strain H37Rv and two clinical isolates (resistant and sensitive) 12.5 μg/mL against sensitive strains of Mtb while a range of 12.5 to 25 μg/mL against the resistant strains [69]
Curtisia dentata Methanolic extract of leaves M. tuberculosis H37RV (ATCC 27294) 22.2 μg/mL [70]
Curtisia dentata (ursolic acid acetate) Ethanolic extract 3.4 µg/mL
Aristolochia taliscana (Licarin A) Hexane extract M. tuberculosis strains: H37Rv, four mono-resistant H37Rv variants and 12 clinical MDR isolates 3.12–12.5 μg/mL [71]
Excoecaria agallocha Methanolic extract M. tuberculosis H37Rv and two clinical isolates of Mtb 88.95% of antimycobacterial activity against M. tuberculosis H37Rv while 70.02% and 82.54% for other two isolates at 500 µg/mL concentration [72]
Lantana camara Chloroform and methanol extracts of leaves Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv, rifampicin-resistant TMC-331 and a non-resistant wildstrain (28–25271 5.0 mg/mL to 50.0 mg/mL [73]
Solanum torvum Sw. hydro-ethanolic extracts Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra 156.3 µg/mL [74]
Alpinia galanga L. Willd. Acetone, aqueous and ethanolic extracts of rhizomes Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) H37Rv 50–100 μg/mL [75]
Lantana camara L.,
Euphorbia hirta L., Mukia maderaspatana (L.) M. Roem, and Abutilon indicum L.
Methanolic crude extracts Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) and Mtb H37Rv 400–1600 μg/mL [76]
Artemisia annua Dichloromethane extracts Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), Mycobacterium abscessus 37.5 µg/mL [77]
and A. afra <1.3 µg/mL
Zingiber officinale Hydroethanolic extract of rhizomes M. tuberculosis H37Rv (ATCC 27294) 1250 μg/mL [78]
Vitellaria paradoxa Hydroethanolic extract of bark 78.13 μg/mL
Alstonia boonei 156 μg/mL
Musa spp. AAB, cv. ‘‘Manzano’’ n-hexane extract and ethyl acetate extract Mycobacterium tuberculosis 12.5 and
6.25 l g/mL
[79]
Trixis angustifolia Hexane extract Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv 12.5- 25.0 μg/mL [80]
Acacia farnesiana hexane, chloroform and methanolic
extracts
Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv and G122 100–200 µg/mL [81]
Pterolobium stellatum (Forssk) Chloroform extracts M. tuberculosis strain H37RV 0.312 mg/mL [82]
Persea americana Mill L. 2.5 mg/mL
Otostegia integrifolia Benth L. 0.312 mg/mL
Aegle marmelos L, Glycyrrhiza glabra L, Lawsonia inermis L, Piper nigrum L, and Syzygium aromaticum L. Methanolic extract M. tuberculosis strain H37RV 0.8 to 100 μg/mL [83]
Boswellia serrata Roxb. ex, Datura stramonium L and Lavandula stoechas L. Ethanolic extracts M. tuberculosis strain H37RV 125 to 250 μg/mL [84]
Pinus merkusii Ethanolic extract Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv 1000 µg/mL [85]
Dendrophthoe falcata L. Ethanol water and methanol: water extracts Mycobacterium tuberculosis (H37Rv strain) 6.25 μg/mL [86]
Tridax procumbens L. 0.8 μg/mL
Triclisia gilletii Methanol extract Mycobacterium tuberculosis 3.90 to 62.5 μg/mL [87]
Combretum hereroense Hexane, dichloromethane, methanol, and acetone M. smegmatis (ATCC 1441), M. tuberculosis (ATCC H37Rv) 1.6 mg/mL and 1.3 mg/mL [88]
Citrus lemon 0.3 mg/mL
Apodytes dimidiata 1.3 mg/mL
Cinnamomum verum Aqueous & methanolic extracts Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv 10 mcg/mL [89]
Solanum surattense
Costus speciosus, Cymbopogon citratus, and Tabernaemontana coronaria Methanol extracts Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv 100–200 μg/mL [90]
Croton tonkinensis Methylene chloride extracts M. tuberculosis H37Ra, H37Rv 6.25 and 12.5 µg/mL [91]
Melia azedarach L. and Lobelia chinensis Lour. Methanol and n-hexane extract M. tuberculosis 100 µg/mL [92]