Phytochemical Investigation and Determination of Antibacterial Activities of the Fruit and Leaf Crude Extract of Ficus palmata

Abstract

To cure ailments, the global population makes medicines from plants. Ficus palmata can be used to cure a variety of ailments. The purpose of this study was to examine the phytochemical content and antibacterial activity of methanol extract from Ficus palmata fruit and leaf crude extract. Maceration was used to make the methanol extracts, which were subsequently fractionated. The crude extracts and fractions were subjected to standard phytochemical screening assays. Phytochemical screening revealed the presence of flavonoids, alkaloids, saponins, tannins, polyphenols, anthraquinones, steroids, coumarins, and terpenoids in the crude methanol fruit extract. Phytochemical screening revealed the presence of flavonoids, alkaloids, tannins, polyphenols, anthraquinones, steroids, and terpenoids in the extract. The determination of trace metals in leaves and fruit samples using a flame atomic absorption spectrophotometer revealed that the fruits contained relatively high quantities of iron and other nutritionally essential elements, such as magnesium, calcium, and copper, whereas the leaves contain a high level of calcium, magnesium, and iron, as well as a small amount of copper.

Copper Oxide Nano Biochar from Spent Coffee Grounds for Phosphate Removal and its Application as an Antibacterially Active Entity

“…At various temperatures (250, 350, and 450 o C), the cleaned spent coffee grounds were treated to gradual pyrolysis in a muffle furnace. To create uniform-sized particles, the obtained biochar was mashed in a mortar and pestle and sieved using a 150.0 m mesh (5,13). The size of the biochar particles was reduced by acid digestion in a hydrothermal autoclave reactor.…”

Copper oxide nanobiochar from spent coffee grounds for phosphate removal and its application as an antibacterial activity

“…where q e (mg g − 1) and C e (mg L − 1 ) are equilibrium adsorption capacity and equilibrium concentration, respectively; 1/n is the intensity of adsorption; K f (mg g − 1 ) (Lmg − 1 )1/n is the Freundlich adsorption constant; q m (mg g − 1 ) is the maximum adsorption capacity; and K L (L mg − 1 ) is a Langmuir constant (13). Similarly, the kinetics study was done by tting the equilibrium data into pseudo-rst (Eq.…”

“…Copper oxide nanoparticles and copper oxide nanoparticle nanobiochar (Cu/NBC) show strong antibacterial properties against pathogens. It has the ability to inhibit the growth of these microorganisms due to the damage they cause to the membrane of bacterial cells (12,13). The application of nanomaterials as new antimicrobials should provide new modes of action and/or different cellular targets compared with existing antibiotics, which somehow promote multiple drug-resistant microbes (13).…”

“…It has the ability to inhibit the growth of these microorganisms due to the damage they cause to the membrane of bacterial cells (12,13). The application of nanomaterials as new antimicrobials should provide new modes of action and/or different cellular targets compared with existing antibiotics, which somehow promote multiple drug-resistant microbes (13). To the best of our knowledge, this is the rst adsorbent reported by combining the nanoscale feature of biochar with copper metal modi cation.…”

Phytochemical Screening, Antibacterial Effect, and Essential Oil Extract from the Leaf of <i>Artemisia afra</i> against on Selected Pathogens

“…The media was poured in a laminar flow into the Petri dishes to achieve a consistent depth of 4 millimeters. Before use, the Petri plates containing the media were placed in sterile plastic bags and stored at 6˚C[4] [32][33]. Determination of Inhibition Zone Fresh culture bacteria were suspended into 5.0 mL of sterile normal saline water and then the turbidity of suspension was adjusted equivalent to 0.5 McFarland standard by reading on the McFarland Densitometer instrument.…”