Advances in Agriculture and Agricultural Sciences

Advances in Agriculture and Agricultural Sciences ISSN 2756-326X Vol. 11 (5), pp. 001-004, May, 2025. Available online at www.internationalscholarsjournals.org © International Scholars Journals

Full Length Research Paper

Phytochemical Properties and Biological Activities of Actinidia macrosperma Extracts

Yin Lu1,2*, Yunpeng Zhao2 and Chengxin Fu2

1College of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang Shuren University, Hangzhou 310015, Zhejiang
Province, P. R. China.
2College of Life Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P. R. China.

Accepted 22 October, 2024

Actinidia macrosperma C. F. Liang is a medicinal plant in China and has been well known for its attraction to cats and activities against leprosy and cancers. In this paper, the petroleum ether, chloroform, ethyl acetate, n-hexane and aqueous successive extracts from the stems of A. macrosperma were screened for antibacterial and antifungal activities in vitro for the first time, using the disc diffusion method, minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) / minimum fungicidal concentration (MFC). General toxicity of these extracts has also been assessed by brine shrimp lethality assay. From the results, the chloroform extract exhibited the most significant antimicrobial (MIC in the range of 60 to 500 µg/mL, MBC in the range of 150 to 1000 µg/mL, MFC in the range of 170 to 600 µg/mL) and cytotoxic activities (LC50 = 16.82 µg/mL at 24 h).

Key words: Actinidia macrosperma; antimicrobial activity, cytotoxicity, brine shrimp.