Chemical composition and Biological studies of Ficus benjamina

Chemistry Central Journal

Hawa ZE Jaafar⁵  Ayman Nafady³  Usman Ali Rana⁴  Muhammad Zia-Ul-Haq¹  Muhammad Riaz²  Muhammad Zubair²  Komal Rizwan²  Nasir Rasool²  Muhammad Imran² 

[1]The Patent Office, Karachi, Pakistan

[2]Department of Chemistry, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan

[3]Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 1145, Saudi Arabia

[4]Deanship of Scientific Research, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia

[5]University Community Transformation Centre, Industry-Community Engagement, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

关键词: Antioxidant activity;    Cytotoxicity;    HPLC analysis;    Phenolic acids;    Ficus benjamina;   

Others  :  787799
DOI  :  10.1186/1752-153X-8-12

 received in 2013-11-26, accepted in 2014-01-28,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Current study has been designed to estimate the possible antioxidant, antimicrobial and hemolytic potential of Ficus benjamina different parts (leaves, stem and root).

Results

All examined extracts and fractions were significantly rich in antioxidants and exhibited potent antimicrobial activity. GC/MS analysis of essential oil identified four compounds in stem and eight compounds in root, respectively. HPLC analysis indicated four phenolic compounds (chlorogenic, p-coumaric, ferulic and syringic acids) in roots, three (chlorogenic p-coumaric and ferulic acids) in stem and only one (caffeic acid) in leaves. Extracts of all three parts of F. benjamina exhibited substantial hemolytic activity.

Conclusions

Considering these results, it is concluded that F. benjamina can be used as a potential source for the exploration of new antioxidant compounds and antimicrobial agents.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Imran et al.; licensee Chemistry Central Ltd.

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