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      <journal-id journal-id-type="iso-abbrev">Arch Pharm Pract</journal-id>
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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Arch Pharm Pract</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Archives of Pharmacy Practice</journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="epub">2320-5210</issn>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">archivepp.com-1204</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.51847/TnMvSYHLoO</article-id>
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          <subject>Original research</subject>
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        <article-title>HPLC Analysis, Antioxidant, Antimicrobialactivities of Alcaloids and Methanolic Extract of Pancratium maritimum Growing in Djerba</article-title>
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                      <contrib contrib-type="author">
              <name>
                <surname>Melliti</surname>
                <given-names>Marwa</given-names>
              </name>
                              <xref rid="aff1" ref-type="aff">1</xref>
                                        </contrib>
                      <contrib contrib-type="author">
              <name>
                <surname>Musa</surname>
                <given-names>Esraa Mohamed</given-names>
              </name>
                              <xref rid="aff2" ref-type="aff">2</xref>
                                        </contrib>
                      <contrib contrib-type="author">
              <name>
                <surname>Skhiri</surname>
                <given-names>Fethia</given-names>
              </name>
                              <xref rid="aff3" ref-type="aff">3</xref>
                                        </contrib>
                      <contrib contrib-type="author">
              <name>
                <surname>Edziri</surname>
                <given-names>Hayet</given-names>
              </name>
                              <xref rid="aff1" ref-type="aff">1</xref>
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            <label>1</label>Laboratory of Transmissible Diseases and Biologically Active Substances, Faculty of Pharmacy, 5000, University of Monastir, Tunisia.
          </aff>
                  <aff id="aff2">
            <label>2</label>Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science &amp; Arts at Sharurah, Najran University, Saudi Arabia.
          </aff>
                  <aff id="aff3">
            <label>3</label>Laboratory of Biodiversity Higher, institute of Biotechnology of Monastir, 5000, Tunisia.
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                          <author-notes>
            <corresp id="cor1">
              <bold>Address for correspondence:</bold> Prof. Wael Abu Dayyih, Department of
              Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mutah University, Al-Karak 61710, Jordan.
                              E-mail: <email xlink:href="jaziri_hayet@yahoo.fr">jaziri_hayet@yahoo.fr</email>
                          </corresp>
          </author-notes>
                    <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>18</day>
        <month>07</month>
        <year>2024</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>15</volume>
      <issue>3</issue>
      <fpage>43</fpage>
      <lpage>48</lpage>
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      <abstract>
        <title>A<sc>BSTRACT</sc></title>
        <p>Pancratium maritimum is a species of bulbous plant that belongs to the Amaryllidaceae family, it is among one of the most important alkaloid-containing plant families. This study aimed to investigate the antioxidant, antibacterial, and antifungal activities of Pancratium maritimum extracts and their UHPLC-MS analysis. The total phenolic, tannins, and flavonoid content of Tunisian Pancratium maritimum aerial part methanolic extract were determined by colorimetric method. The phytochemicals in P.maritimum methanolic were identified using the UHPLC-MS method. The antioxidant activity was assessed using a DPPH assay. The antibacterial and antifungal properties were evaluated against a diverse array of pertinent pathogens using the broth dilution technique.

This study showed the presence of alcaloids in methanolic extract as hordenine, lycorine and galanthamine, a strong antioxidant activity was recorded for P.maritimum methanolic extract with a DPPH inhibition of (86.7%). The alkaloid fraction exhibited the most potent antibacterial activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, and Enterococcus faecalis bacteria, with minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values ranging from 1.125 to 2 mg/mL. Furthermore, it demonstrated significant anticandidal activity against Candida glabrata and Candida parapsilosis, with MIC values ranging from 0.031 to 0.125 mg/mL. P.maritimum extracts have the potential to be utilized for controlling bacterial biofilms in food and food-related situations. </p>
      </abstract>
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