Phytochemical Analysis and Antioxidant Potential of Ficus Benghalensis L.

Authors

Haroon Ahmed, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University (45320), Islamabad, Pakistan
Muhammad Zafar Irshad Khan, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University (45320), Islamabad, PakistanFollow
Durdana Waseem, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University (45320), Islamabad, Pakistan
Adila Nazli, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University (45320), Islamabad, PakistanFollow
Muhammad Waleed Baig, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University (45320), Islamabad, PakistanFollow

Abstract

Genus Ficus belongs to family Moraceae having 40 genera and over 1000 species worldwide. Different methods have been used for phytochemical screening of medicinal plants like total phenolics content (TPC) and total flavonoids content (TFC) assays to quantify phenolics and flavonoids. The phytochemical analysis exhibited highest total phenolics content in M extract of stem and total flavonoids content in ethyl acetate (EA) extract of leaves i.e. 61.2±1.3 µg GAE/mg extract and 25.1±0.9 µg QE/mg extract respectively. Total reduction power and total antioxidant capacity were maximum in the M extract of stem i.e. 243.89±1.6 µg AAE/mg extract and 127.08±2.7 µg AAE/mg extract respectively.

DOI

10.35691/JBM.7102.0075

Recommended Citation

Ahmed, H., Irshad Khan, M., Waseem, D., Nazli, A., & Waleed Baig, M. (2017). Phytochemical Analysis and Antioxidant Potential of Ficus Benghalensis L., Journal of Bioresource Management, 4 (3).
DOI: 10.35691/JBM.7102.0075