Chemical composition and Biological studies of Ficus benjamina

BMC Chemistry

Table 1 Total phenolic content, total flavonoid content and antioxidant activity of different parts of F. benjamina

Antioxidant assay	Plant parts
	Crude extracts and fractions	Stem	Root	Leaves
Total phenolic contents (GAE mg/100 g)	Methanol	539.17 ± 3.21^e	573.06 ± 2.74^d	531.76 ± 4.90^e
	n-butanol	735.11 ± 3.42^a	705.48 ± 3.42^b	650.17 ± 5.22^c
	Chloroform	90.28 ± 0.11^j	122.87 ± 0.65ⁱ	66.76 ± 1.07^k
	Ethyl acetate	263.85 ± 1.71^f	237.19 ± 1.71^g	157.19 ± 1.71^h
	n-hexane	7.80 ± 0.21l^k	10.02 ± 0.21lⁱ	12.61 ± 0.21l^l
Total flavonoid contents (CE mg/100 g)	Methanol	724.60 ± 0.89^f	1654.00 ± 8.93^b	1592.20 ± 8.93^c
	n-butanol	1566.40 ± 9.52^d	1665.30 ± 9.52^b	1780.80 ± 9.52^a
	Chloroform	103.20 ± 2.68^k	491.20 ± 4.55^h	262.70 ± 2.98^j
	Ethyl acetate	329.60 ± 4.76ⁱ	807.90 ± 4.76^e	552.20 ± 4.76^g
	n-hexane	4.50 ± 0.25l^j	6.40 ± 0.12l^j	8.40 ± 0.12l^j
DPPH, IC₅₀ (μg/ml)	Methanol	50.10 ± 3.23ⁱ	58.81 ± 4.50ⁱ	49.86 ± 3.39ⁱ
	n-butanol	152.35 ± 4.10^g	158.44 ± 3.29^g	147.46 ± 3.85^g
	Chloroform	176.04 ± 4.54^f	221.22 ± 4.20^e	103.96 ± 2.06^h
	Ethyl acetate	228.79 ± 5.27^de	237.1 ± 4.69^d	223.00 ± 2.68^e
	n-hexane	554.13 ± 7.39^b	580.75 ± 5.89^a	436.21 ± 7.27^c
% Inhibition in linoleic acid system	Methanol	78.16 ± 3.41^b	85.87 ± 3.59^a	69.81 ± 3.00^c
	n-butanol	49.66 ± 2.98^ef	81.48 ± 3.59^ab	50.48 ± 2.47^e
	Chloroform	16.94 ± 1.44^j	58.52 ± 2.94^d	42.41 ± 2.36^fg
	Ethyl acetate	34.79 ± 2.41^h	24.50 ± 1.88ⁱ	37.95 ± 1.78^gh
	n-hexane	35.65 ± 2.00^gh	20.57 ± 0.63^ij	26.82 ± 1.85ⁱ

Values are means ± SD of three separate experiments (p < 0.05). Different letters in superscript indicate significant differences within solvents and among various parts.

ISSN: 2661-801X