References to ficus religiosa are found in several ancient. It was found that methanol extraction of two plants that is ficus religiosa and ficus benghalensis showed high antimicrobial activity than the aqueous. Antibacterial and antifungal approaches of ficus racemosa. The antibacterial activity of various extracts of the latex of ficus palmata forsk. Ficus religiosa linn moraceae commonly known as peepal tree is a large widely branched tree with leathery, heart. The leaves and young shoots together are purgative strong laxative. 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. Antiparkinson activity of petroleum ether extract of ficus. But methanol extract of rest of the 9 plant latexes did not show activity againste. 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.
The bark is used as an antiprotozoal, antiviral, astringent, and antibacterial. Jun 10, 2019 ficus religiosa useful tropical plants. The traditional medicine involves the use of different plant extracts of bioactive constituents. Antimicrobial efficacy of three medicinal plants glycyrrhiza. Evaluation of antidiabetic activity of leaves and fruits of ficus religiosa linn. Traditional uses, phytochemistry and pharmacology of ficus. The aqueous, methanol and chloroform extracts of the leaves of ficus religiosa were evaluated for their antibacterial and antitumor activities. 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. The aqueous and ethanol extracts 70% of ficus religiosa is very sensitive to helicobacter pylori at 500. But comparatively bark extracts of both the solvents were showed less antimicrobial activity than leaves extracts on the tested microbes. Sheetal choudhary 1, anupam kumar pathak, sonali khare and sarita kushwah department of pharmacy, barkatullah university, bhopal, m.
Ficus religiosa showed antibacterial activity against primary plaque colonizers at 48 h with mean zone of inhibition of 2. Ethanol extract of the euphorbia geniculata plant latex had shown almost 93. These findings suggest a new pathway in elucidating a potential antibacterial agent from ficus religiosa. Anticancer activity of ficus religiosa engineered copper. 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. In vitro antimicrobial activity of ethyl acetate extract of. Phytochemical screening and antimicrobial activity of ficus. Evaluation of antidiabetic activity of leaves and fruits of. The present study deals with antibacterial activity of leaf and fruit parts of ficus racemosa plant. Invitro antimicrobial activity and phytochemical analysis of. Pdf in vitro antimicrobial activity of leaves and bark.
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 religiosa linn is a large evergreen tree found throughout india, wild as well as cultivated. The plant ficus religiosais used traditionally as antiulcer, anti diabetes, inflammatory disorder, gastric problems, and treatment of gonorrhoea, skin diseases and infectious diseases. Phytochemical analysis revealed alkaloids, flavonoids, phenols that contributed for higher antioxidant and antibacterial activity.
Escherichia pyogenes coli psidium guajava 10 17 16 12 7. Introduction india is known for its rich diversity of medicinal plants and hence called botanical garden of the world 1. Pdf phytochemical screening and antimicrobial activity. The zone of inhibition was observed in the range of 8 0. Ficus benghalensis used in ayurveda for treatment of diarrhea, piles, teeth and skin disorders. Even in one language, the tree is referred to in multiple ways across the world. Latexes ofthevetia species, ficus glomulurata, ficus carica and ficus bengalensisdid not show antibacterial activity in both the. Antibacterial activity of plant extracts 247 brazilian journal of microbiology 2000 31. In vitro antimicrobial activity of ethanolic extracts. Antibacterial activity of ficus benghalensis banyan fruit extract against difffrent bacteria s. Rajendraninvitro antimicrobial activity and phytochemical analysis of ficus religiosa l. International journal of engineering research and general.
The study showed the inhibition is concentration dependent. A summary of certain screening studies related to the antimicrobial activity of ficus species is presented in table 1. 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. Antibacterial activity of synthesized silver nanoparticles. Presently there is an increasing interest worldwide in herbal plants pharmacological properties primerly due to advancement in scientific methods. 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. 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 present study was aimed to screen invitro antibacterial and antifungal activity against ten potentially pathogenic. The antibacterial activity of 16 plant latexes was screened.
Popularly known as the audumbar, cluster fig tree, indian fig tree or goolar gular. Luria broth dilution assay was also used to determine the minimum inhibitory concentration of plant extracts. Collection of ficus religiosa ficus religiosa leaves were collected from garden in baghdad university, iraq, during the period november 2016. The extracts with the highest antibacterial effectiveness were chosen for subsequent use in pharmaceutical formulations. Phytochemical and antimicrobial studies of ficus religiosa. Ethanol extracts of the traditionally valuable plant jasminum grandiflorum l. 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 different parts of ficus microcarpa l.
Antiparkinson activity of petroleum ether extract of. Phytochemistry and pharmacological properties of f icus. 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. Different parts of ficus religiosa showed cholinesterase inhibitory activity and antianxiety activity. Phytochemical, cytotoxic and antibacterial activity of two. The leaves are used for skin diseases, anti venom activity. In this study, effects of ficus religiosa 100, 200, and 400 mgkg, p. Ficus benghalensis, ficus religiosa, ficus recemosa are important ingredients in many siddha, ayurveda and traditional. Scholars research library evaluation of antibacterial. 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 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 leaves of ficus religiosa was studied for invitro phytochemical screening and antimicrobial activity.
Many of the natural products in plants of medicinal value offer us new sources of drugs. 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. Preliminary in vitro screening of the antibacterial. Silver nanoparticles of extracts showed improved antibacterial activity on all the tested strains than for the extracts alone. To determine the mosquitocidal activity of ficus religiosa leaf extracts was tested against three mosquitoes. Cynodon dactylonis a traditional medicine in india. Evaluation of antibacterial potential of ficus species. The present paper describes the invitro antibacterial activity of banyan ficus benghalensis fruit on the basis of inhibition zone. Ficus racemosa, antioxidant activity, antibacterial activity, cytotoxic activity, dpph, abts, xttassay. Bark astringent, cooling, aphrodisiac, antibacterial against staphylococcus aureus and escherichia coli, gonorrhoea, diarrhoea, dysentery, haemorrhoids and. The aqueous extract of ficus religiosa at the concentration of 50mgml showed the highest inhibition zone as 1. In vitro antimicrobial activity of leaves and bark extracts of ficus religiosa linn.
Antibacterial activity of ficus benghalensis banyan. Ficus religiosa has got mythological, religious and medicinal importance in indian culture. Methanolic extract of latex showed significant antibacterial activity against both the. Bacteria from wounds of diabetic patients were isolated and identified as staphylococcus spp. Silver nanoparticles, ficus religiosa, uvvisible spectroscopy, xrd, ftir, sem. Ficus is a huge tropical deciduous or evergreen tree with more than 800 species. The botanical classification of ficus religiosa modified from chandrasekar et al. Antibacterial and antioxidant activity of plant latex. Antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles synthesized. The methanolic and dmso extracts of various plant parts viz.
The antimicrobial activity of methanol and diethyl ether. Ficus religiosa, peepal, essential oil composition, nepal. Antimicrobial activities and phytochemical composition of. 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. Family moraceae were screened for cytotoxicity and antibacterial activity as well as for some important phytochemical groups. The leaves are cordate in shape with a distinctive extended drip tip. Therapeutic properties of ficus regligiosa shailja singh1, shalini jaiswal1. The various solvents extract like aqueous, methanol, chloroform, petroleum ether and hexane were screened for antibacterial activity against enterotoxigenic e. Preliminary phytochemical screening and hptlc fingerprinting of fruits of. 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. Medicinal plants represent a rich source of antimicrobial agents. International journal of engineering research and general sciencevolume 2, issue 5, august september 2014 issn 20912730 149. 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.
Antidiabetic effect of ficus religiosa extract in streptozotocininduced diabetic rats. Various methods are tried to standardize the extraction of antimicrobial activity. The methanolic extract of figs of ficus religiosa had anticonvulsant activity 10. Pdf phytochemical, cytotoxic and antibacterial activity. Pdf phytochemical, cytotoxic and antibacterial activity of.
Photochemical studies on ficus religiosa and ocimum. Invitro antimicrobial activity and phytochemical analysis. Petroleum ether and hexane extracts did not show any activity. Phytochemical screening and antimicrobial activity of. This is the unique source of various types of compounds having diverse chemical structure. Composition and bioactivities of the leaf essential oil of. Screening the published work with potential antimicrobial activity of ficus species is initially the first choice of investigation for further study. Preliminary phytochemical screening and hptlc fingerprinting. The antibacterial activities of extracts were compared with standard antibiotics. The fruit exhibited significant inhibition when compared with leaf. Studies on phytochemical analysis, antioxidant and.
These extracts showed an elevated level of antibacterial activity and reduced antifungal activity. Article pdf available in international research journal of pharmacy 39. Antibacterial activity of ficus capensis request pdf. The antibacterial activity of snps was tested against nine human pathogenic gram. Different parts of plant shows antibacterial, antitussive, anthelmintic, antidiarrhoeal, anticancer, antiinflammatory activities etc. Ficus racemosa also called as ficus glomerata roxb. Review on ethanomedicinal and pharmacological properties of. Studies have focused on the in vitro antimicrobial activity screening of ethanolic extracts of various plants belonging to the genus ficus. 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.
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. Research article assessments of total flavonoids, anti. The antibacterial activity of ethanolic extracts of medicinal plants against selected skin pathogens ethanolic extract concentration zone of inhibition mm mgml streptococcus proteus sp. The similar findings has been suggested by uma et al, 2009 on ficus religiosa l. The extract can be used in development of formulation against e. Ficus religiosa colin doherty university of minnesota. The leaves and stem bark of ficus capensis were investigated for antibacterial activity against some selected organisms at a concentration of 2000. 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. Antibacterial activity of crude ethanolic extract and. Review on ethanomedicinal and pharmacological properties. Antibacterial activity of ficus benghalensis banyan fruit. In vitro antimicrobial activity of ethyl acetate extract. Ficus benghalensis exhibit antitumor activity and antibacterial activity, but no antifungal activity 27. Antibacterial activity of crude ethanolic extract and solvent.
From ancient times, plants with medicinal values are being tested and used in treatment of various infectious disease. Formulation of production schedules for wild, nondomesticated species. Ficus religiosa is a bo or peepal tree locally available in india where it grows up to 5,000ft. This was confirmed either by optical density or zone of inhibition measurements. Recent antimicrobial and pharmacological studies in ficus. To investigate the antimicrobial properties of ficus pseudopalma f. Evaluation of antimicrobial activity and minimum inhibitory. Screeening for phytochemicals and antimicrobial activity. In ayurveda it is claimed that ficus religiosa possesses anticonvulsant activity.
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