Evaluation of phytochemical constituents and antioxidant potential of hydro-alcoholic and aqueous extracts of Murraya koenigii L. and Ficus carica L.

Abstract

SummaryIntroduction:Murraya koenigii L. and Ficus carica L. have been traditionally used in folk medicine for treating several diseases.Objective: The present study was proposed to investigate the phytochemical constituents and antioxidant potential of hydro-alcoholic and aqueous extracts of leaves of M. koenigii and dried fruits of F. carica.Methods: Phytochemical screening was performed using different methods and antioxidant activity was evaluated by measuring total phenolic content, total antioxidant capacity (TAOC), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) scavenging activity, DPPH radical-scavenging activity, reducing power assay, nitric oxide radical scavenging activity, and superoxide radical-scavenging activity.Results: The results showed that the hydro-alcoholic and aqueous extracts of leaves of M. koenigii and dried fruits of F. carica possess a significant quantity of flavonoids, saponins, terpenoids (9.0%, 0.9%, 0.6% and 7.3%, 8.7%, 0.44%, respectively) and also possess a significant antioxidant activity as evaluated by employing different antioxidant assays.Conclusion: It may be concluded that the hydro-alcoholic and aqueous extracts of leaves of M. koenigii and dried fruits of F. carica exhibit significant antioxidant activity.

Phytochemical estimation and evaluation of antioxidant activity of hydro-alcoholic and ethylacetate extracts of Tribulus terrestris linn. (gokhru) and Solanum nigrum linn (makoi)

“…3). These estimations indicate that both these plants can be advantageous in oxidative stress management (Farooq et al, 2019).…”

Phyto‐Pharmacological Review onMurraya koenigii(L.) Spreng: As an Indigenous Plant of India with High Medicinal Potential

“…Additionally, o‐methylmurrayamine A, mukolidine and murrayakonine A were able to inhibit the release of IL‐6, TNF‐α in LPS‐induced inflammation [73] . The pharmacological activities of various extract on M. koenigii (L.) Spreng are discussed in Table 4 [39,45–46,58,62,69–70,74–149] and Figure 5 along with various patents on M. koenigii (L.) Spreng showed in Table 5 [150–157]…”

Partial Least Squares Analysis of the Relationship Among Organic Acid, Total Soluble Solids, Total Phenolic, and Total Flavonoids in Ficus carica

“…Figs are rich in dietary fiber, minerals (copper, manganese, magnesium, iron, calcium, and potassium), amino acids (aspartic acid and glutamine), vitamins 3 (thiamine and riboflavin), organic acids, and sugars and are low in fat (Solomon et al 2006;Wojdyło et al 2016;Nawaz et al 2019). In addition, figs are a good source of antioxidant phytochemicals, especially organic acids, flavonoids, and phenolic compounds (Fongang et al 2015;Farooq et al 2019;Jagtap and Bapat 2019).…”