Phytochemical Investigation and in vitro Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activities Evaluation of Wiens and Polhill.

Background: Wiens and Polhill (Loranthaceae) is a parasitic plant native to north eastern Africa and Ethiopia. In Ethiopia, it is traditionally used to treat breast swelling, mastitis, morning illnesses and vomiting.

Objective: This study aimed to screen the main phytochemical constituents; determine the total amounts of phenolics, flavonoids, and tannins; and evaluate the antimicrobial (against and ) and antioxidant (against DPPH radical and ferric ion) activities of leaves extracts.

Isolation, screening, and identification of chitinase-producing bacterial strains from riverbank soils at Ambo, Western Ethiopia.

Chitinases are hydrolytic enzymes that dissolve the glycosidic linkages in chitin. Chitin is a cell wall component of fungi and fund in exoskeleten of worms and arthropods. Chitinase has been applied in agriculture, as a biopesticide for the control of plant fungal infections, in medicine, and in waste management.

Phytochemicals Analysis, Antibacterial Activities of Extracts, and Molecular Docking Studies of the Isolated Compounds from Cufod Leaves.

Cufod is an endemic plant species to Ethiopia and is used to treat ailments related to kidney infection. The phytochemical composition and biological activity of have been not reported yet. Therefore, the present work aimed to investigate phytochemical constituents and evaluate the antibacterial activity of different solvents' leaf extracts and analyze the molecular binding capacity of isolated compounds from the chloroform leaf extract of .