Total flavonoids content and antimicrobial activity of crude extract from leaves of Ficus sycomorus native to Sultanate of Oman
| Autor: | Sheikha Khamis Al-matani, Ruqaiya Nasser Said Al-Wahaibi, Mohammed Amzad Hossain |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Ficus sycomorus
Maceration extractor Multidisciplinary Chloroform Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) Butanol Ethyl acetate Antimicrobial activity Antimicrobial Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) Chloride food.food Hexane Total flavonoids content chemistry.chemical_compound food chemistry Chemistry (miscellaneous) Computer Science (miscellaneous) Maceration (wine) medicine Food science medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Karbala International Journal of Modern Science. 1:166-171 |
| ISSN: | 2405-609X |
| Popis: | The aim of this study was to prepare crude extracts from the leaves of Ficus sycomorus ( F. sycomorus ) native to Oman, and determine their total flavonoids content as well as their antimicrobial activity. Powdered leaf samples were extracted with methanol by using maceration method. The resulting crude extract was suspended in water and successively extracted with hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate and butanol solvents, respectively. Total flavonoids of the above extracts were determined by the aluminum chloride method, and antimicrobial activity of the same extracts was assessed by a slightly modified disc diffusion method against different Gram (+ and −) bacterial strains. The highest flavonoids content was found in chloroform crude extract followed by that of hexane, butanol, ethyl acetate, and water extracts, respectively. Tested against four bacterial strains, the extracts showed activity in the range of 0–12 mm, using amoxicillin as standard. The present findings could establish this plant as a potential source of antibiotics. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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