Antiparkinson activity of petroleum ether extract of ficus. Screening the published work with potential antimicrobial activity of ficus species is initially the first choice of investigation for further study. Antibacterial activity of ficus benghalensis banyan fruit extract against difffrent bacteria s. Ficus religiosa, peepal, essential oil composition, nepal. Remarkable progress in the field of antibacterial herbal therapy has been made in recent decades in response to the development of drugresistant pathogens in aquaculture.
Luria broth dilution assay was also used to determine the minimum inhibitory concentration of plant extracts. Phytochemical, cytotoxic and antibacterial activity of two. Ficus religiosa is a large dry seasondeciduous or semievergreen tree up to 30 metres 98 ft tall and with a trunk diameter of up to 3 metres 9. Phytochemistry and pharmacological properties of f icus. Antibacterial activity of different parts of ficus microcarpa l. In vitro antimicrobial activity of ethyl acetate extract of. The extracts with the highest antibacterial effectiveness were chosen for subsequent use in pharmaceutical formulations. Ficus benghalensis used in ayurveda for treatment of diarrhea, piles, teeth and skin disorders. Ficus septica,19 ficus sycomorus, ficus benjamina, ficus religiosa,20 ficus racemosa,21 ficus pumila,22 ficus vasta,23 ficus thonningii 24 and ficus capensis 25 was found to be reported to have antimicrobial activity.
The present study deals with antibacterial activity of leaf and fruit parts of ficus racemosa plant. To determine the mosquitocidal activity of ficus religiosa leaf extracts was tested against three mosquitoes. Introduction ficus is a genus of about 800 species and 2000 varieties of woody trees, shrubs and vines in the family moraceae occurring in most tropical and sub. Ficus religiosa has got mythological, religious and medicinal importance in indian culture. Ficus religiosa colin doherty university of minnesota.
The aqueous and ethanol extracts 70% of ficus religiosa is very sensitive to helicobacter pylori at 500. Family moraceae were screened for cytotoxicity and antibacterial activity as well as for some important phytochemical groups. Invitro antimicrobial activity and phytochemical analysis of. Article pdf available in international research journal of pharmacy 39. Composition and bioactivities of the leaf essential oil of. Traditional uses, phytochemistry and pharmacology of ficus.
The presentin vitro study was designed to assess the antimicrobial activity of three commonly available medicinal plants glycyrrhiza glabra, ficus religiosa, and plantago major on inhibiting primary plaque colonizers. Ficus benghalensis, ficus religiosa, ficus recemosa are important ingredients in many siddha, ayurveda and traditional. International journal of engineering research and general sciencevolume 2, issue 5, august september 2014 issn 20912730 149. Escherichia pyogenes coli psidium guajava 10 17 16 12 7. The leaves are cordate in shape with a distinctive extended drip tip. Jun 10, 2019 ficus religiosa useful tropical plants. The fruit exhibited significant inhibition when compared with leaf. Evaluation of antidiabetic activity of leaves and fruits of ficus religiosa linn. The plant ficus religiosais used traditionally as antiulcer, anti diabetes, inflammatory disorder, gastric problems, and treatment of gonorrhoea, skin diseases and infectious diseases. Antibacterial and antifungal approaches of ficus racemosa.
Ficus religiosa and formulation of value added product hard candy isha verma, rajinder k gupta abstract the present study deals with the nutritional, phytochemical, antioxidant and antibacterial activity of dried fruit of sacred figs ficus religiosa linn, commonly known as peepal or bo tree, which belongs to. The leaves and stem bark of ficus capensis were investigated for antibacterial activity against some selected organisms at a concentration of 2000. In vitro antimicrobial activity of leaves and bark extracts of ficus religiosa linn. References to ficus religiosa are found in several ancient. Ficus is a huge tropical deciduous or evergreen tree with more than 800 species. Ficus religiosa linn is a large evergreen tree found throughout india, wild as well as cultivated. The main goal of this study was to determine in vitro antimicrobial activity of ethanolic extracts obtained from the leaves of various ficus species against aeromonas hydrophila isolated locally from infected rainbow trout oncorhynchus mykiss walbaum with the aim of providing scientific rationale for the use of the plant in the treatment. Preliminary results of antibacterial activity supported the traditional use of ficus in folk medicine. Pdf phytochemical screening and antimicrobial activity. The traditional medicine involves the use of different plant extracts of bioactive constituents. The present paper describes the invitro antibacterial activity of banyan ficus benghalensis fruit on the basis of inhibition zone. Introduction the genus ficus moraceae is represented by 800 species and 2000 varieties throughout the world, among them fortyeight species of ficus are found in nepal 1, those are widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions 2. Preliminary phytochemical screening and hptlc fingerprinting of fruits of.
Pdf phytochemical, cytotoxic and antibacterial activity. Silver nanoparticles, ficus religiosa, uvvisible spectroscopy, xrd, ftir, sem. The aqueous and the aqueous and methanolic solvent extract was used to screen the secondary metabolites and test the antimicrobial effect of extract on li. Popularly known as the audumbar, cluster fig tree, indian fig tree or goolar gular. The leaves are used for skin diseases, anti venom activity. The leaves and young shoots together are purgative strong laxative.
Evaluation of antidiabetic activity of leaves and fruits of. This is the unique source of various types of compounds having diverse chemical structure. The leaves of ficus religiosa was studied for invitro phytochemical screening and antimicrobial activity. The bark is used as an antiprotozoal, antiviral, astringent, and antibacterial.
In vitro antimicrobial activity of ethanolic extracts. The various solvents extract like aqueous, methanol, chloroform, petroleum ether and hexane were screened for antibacterial activity against enterotoxigenic e. But comparatively bark extracts of both the solvents were showed less antimicrobial activity than leaves extracts on the tested microbes. The locally available plants like ficus religiosa and ficus bengalensis have the capability to cure diseases traditionally since long years, due to this reasons these two plants were selected for the study. Ficus racemosa also called as ficus glomerata roxb. It was found that methanol extraction of two plants that is ficus religiosa and ficus benghalensis showed high antimicrobial activity than the aqueous. Copper oxide nanoparticles have been synthesized using ficus religiosa leaf extract and they showed anticancer activity against a549 human lung cancer cells sankar et al. Anticancer activity of ficus religiosa engineered copper. Presently there is an increasing interest worldwide in herbal plants pharmacological properties primerly due to advancement in scientific methods. Phytochemical and antimicrobial studies of ficus religiosa. Different parts of plant shows antibacterial, antitussive, anthelmintic, antidiarrhoeal, anticancer, antiinflammatory activities etc. Ficus religiosa linn moraceae commonly known as peepal tree is a large widely branched tree with leathery, heart. Antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles synthesized.
Ficus glomulurata, ficus carica, carica papaya, ficus bengalensis, ficus religiosa, ficus elastica, ipomia pistula, ervatamia species, cryptostegia grandiflora,and synadenium grantii against three different strains namelyp. Pdf phytochemical, cytotoxic and antibacterial activity of. Photochemical studies on ficus religiosa and ocimum. The study showed the inhibition is concentration dependent. Cynodon dactylonis a traditional medicine in india. Ethanol extract of the euphorbia geniculata plant latex had shown almost 93. Bark astringent, cooling, aphrodisiac, antibacterial against staphylococcus aureus and escherichia coli, gonorrhoea, diarrhoea, dysentery, haemorrhoids and. Antimicrobial efficacy of three medicinal plants glycyrrhiza. Latexes ofthevetia species, ficus glomulurata, ficus carica and ficus bengalensisdid not show antibacterial activity in both the. Introduction synthesis of nanoparticles are evolving into an important branch of nanotechnology 12 due to their diverse properties like catalysis, magnetic and optical polarity, electrical conductivity, antimicrobial activity and surface. Antibacterial and antioxidant activity of plant latex. The aqueous, methanol and chloroform extracts of the leaves of ficus religiosa were evaluated for their antibacterial and antitumor activities.
Phytochemical screening and antimicrobial activity of. The acetone, methanol, ethylacetate extracts of ficus benghalensis, ficus religiosa, ficus recemosa were evaluated for antibacterial activity against medically important bacteria pseudomonas aeruginosa, escherichia coli, proteus vulgaris, bacillus subtilis, staphylococcus aureus. The antimicrobial activity of methanol and diethyl ether. Ficus microcarpa leaf extract antibacterial activity the anti bacterial activity was done on human pathogenic bacillus cereus, escherchia coli, klebsiella pneumonia, staphylococcus aureus by the standard disc diffusion method. Ficus religiosa is a bo or peepal tree locally available in india where it grows up to 5,000ft. Even in one language, the tree is referred to in multiple ways across the world. The antimicrobial activity of the aqueous extract of bark leaf, stem, fruit of ficus religiosa was determined by disc diffusion method against escherichia coli, enterobacter aerogenes, pseudomonas. The zone of inhibition was observed in the range of 8 0. A large number of studies dealing with the microbial assay which measures the activity of antibiotics that is the extent of ability to inhibit the growth of microorganism have been done and. The antibacterial activity of various extracts of the latex of ficus palmata forsk. Review on ethanomedicinal and pharmacological properties of. These findings suggest a new pathway in elucidating a potential antibacterial agent from ficus religiosa.
The antibacterial activity of 16 plant latexes was screened. Ficus benghalensis exhibit antitumor activity and antibacterial activity, but no antifungal activity 27. Many of the natural products in plants of medicinal value offer us new sources of drugs. Various methods are tried to standardize the extraction of antimicrobial activity. From ancient times, plants with medicinal values are being tested and used in treatment of various infectious disease. Ethanol extracts of the traditionally valuable plant jasminum grandiflorum l. Sheetal choudhary 1, anupam kumar pathak, sonali khare and sarita kushwah department of pharmacy, barkatullah university, bhopal, m. In ayurveda it is claimed that ficus religiosa possesses anticonvulsant activity. Ficus religiosa, commonly known as peepal, is the most popular member of the genus ficus and it is known by more than 150 names.
Antibacterial activity of plant extracts 247 brazilian journal of microbiology 2000 31. The botanical classification of ficus religiosa modified from chandrasekar et al. Antiparkinson activity of petroleum ether extract of. Ficus religiosa showed antibacterial activity against primary plaque colonizers at 48 h with mean zone of inhibition of 2. Antibacterial activity of ficus capensis request pdf. Introduction india is known for its rich diversity of medicinal plants and hence called botanical garden of the world 1. Rajendraninvitro antimicrobial activity and phytochemical analysis of ficus religiosa l. Review on ethanomedicinal and pharmacological properties. Collection of ficus religiosa ficus religiosa leaves were collected from garden in baghdad university, iraq, during the period november 2016. Phytochemical analysis revealed alkaloids, flavonoids, phenols that contributed for higher antioxidant and antibacterial activity. Assessments of total flavonoids, antioxidant and antibacterial activity of ficus religiosa methanolic extract in vitro. Phytochemical screening and antimicrobial activity of ficus. Medicinal plants represent a rich source of antimicrobial agents. The extract can be used in development of formulation against e.
But methanol extract of rest of the 9 plant latexes did not show activity againste. In this study, effects of ficus religiosa 100, 200, and 400 mgkg, p. Antidiabetic effect of ficus religiosa extract in streptozotocininduced diabetic rats. In vitro antimicrobial activity of ethyl acetate extract.
A summary of certain screening studies related to the antimicrobial activity of ficus species is presented in table 1. Evaluation of antibacterial potential of ficus species. India abstract the ethanolic extracts of the leaves and fruits of ficus religiosa linn. Antibacterial activity of crude ethanolic extract and solvent. To investigate the antimicrobial properties of ficus pseudopalma f. Different parts of ficus religiosa showed cholinesterase inhibitory activity and antianxiety activity. Ficus racemosa, antioxidant activity, antibacterial activity, cytotoxic activity, dpph, abts, xttassay. Antibacterial activity of crude ethanolic extract and. The bioactive ingredients and their potential to treat various diseases of many indian medical plants. Antibacterial activity of synthesized silver nanoparticles. International journal of engineering research and general. Screeening for phytochemicals and antimicrobial activity. The presentin vitro study was designed to assess the antimicrobial activity of three commonly available medicinal plants glycyrrhiza glabra, ficus religiosa, and plantago major on inhibiting primary plaque colonizers and periodontal pathogens.
The similar findings has been suggested by uma et al, 2009 on ficus religiosa l. Formulation of production schedules for wild, nondomesticated species. In the present study, we evaluated antiparkinsons activity of petroleum ether extract of ficus religiosa pefre leaves in haloperidol and 6 hydroxydopamine 6ohda induced experimental animal models. These extracts showed an elevated level of antibacterial activity and reduced antifungal activity. The methanolic extract of figs of ficus religiosa had anticonvulsant activity 10. Bacteria from wounds of diabetic patients were isolated and identified as staphylococcus spp.
The present study was aimed to screen invitro antibacterial and antifungal activity against ten potentially pathogenic. Studies have focused on the in vitro antimicrobial activity screening of ethanolic extracts of various plants belonging to the genus ficus. Antibacterial activity of ficus benghalensis banyan. Research article assessments of total flavonoids, anti. Antimicrobial activities and phytochemical composition of. Silver nanoparticles of extracts showed improved antibacterial activity on all the tested strains than for the extracts alone. Antibacterial activity of ficus benghalensis banyan fruit.
Petroleum ether and hexane extracts did not show any activity. Jay kambli 1, ashwini patil, chithrashree 2, and rohini keshava 3 1department of biotechnology, acharyas bangalore bschool, bangalore, karnataka, india, 560 091, 2biocontrol research laboratory, department. Invitro antimicrobial activity and phytochemical analysis. Preliminary phytochemical screening and hptlc fingerprinting.
This was confirmed either by optical density or zone of inhibition measurements. The methanolic and dmso extracts of various plant parts viz. Therapeutic properties of ficus regligiosa shailja singh1, shalini jaiswal1. Evaluation of antimicrobial activity and minimum inhibitory. Methanolic extract of latex showed significant antibacterial activity against both the. The antibacterial activity of snps was tested against nine human pathogenic gram.
Studies on phytochemical analysis, antioxidant and. The aqueous extract of ficus religiosa at the concentration of 50mgml showed the highest inhibition zone as 1. Scholars research library evaluation of antibacterial. The antibacterial activities of extracts were compared with standard antibiotics.
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