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Phytochemical constituents, antioxidant and antibacter ial activities of methanolic extract of Ardisia elliptica
Authors: Nazeh M. Al-Abd, Zurainee Mohamed Nor, Marzida Mansor, Asdren Zajmi, Mohd Shahnaz Hasan, Fadzly Azhar, Mustafa Kassim
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Objective: To investigate the antioxidant, antibacterial, and chemical ingredients of
Ardisia elliptica (A. elliptica) methanolic extracts.
Methods: The plant was extracted using methanol. Antibacterial and antioxidant activities were evaluated.
Results: The results showed that both fruit and leaf extract of A. elliptica have significant
antibacterial activities against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Fruit extracts
showed higher content of phenolic (71 ± 0.03 GAE/mg extract dry weight), in comparison to the leaf extracts (37 ± 0.05 GAE/mg extract dry weight). Flavonoid content,
and Fe2+ chelating activity of fruit extracts were higher than leaf extract. The percentage
radical inhibition of fruit extract is found to be higher (70%) than that of leaf extract
(60%). LCMS results indicated that the major compounds in the fruit extract were
Gingerol, Aspidin, Kampherol, and Stercuresin, while the leaf extract contained Gingerol,
Aspidin, Triangularin, and Salicyl acyl glucuronide. Furthermore, the results of GCMS
indicated that fruit extract contained these major compounds: Vitamin E Tocopherol, 5-
hepylresornicol, 2-Nonylmalonic acid, 5-pentadecylresornicol, and Stigmasta-7-22-dien-
3-ol. However, leaf extract of A. elliptica contained these major compounds: Alpha
Amyrenol, 4,4, 6, 6a, 6b, 8, 8a, 9,10, 11,12,12a, 14, 14a, 14b octadehydro-2H-picen-3-
one, and Lonasterol, 4-t-Butyl-2-[4-nitrophenyl] phenol.
Conclusions: The results provide evidence that fruit and leaf of A. elliptica extracts
might indeed be used as a potential source of effective natural antimicrobial and antioxidant agents in pharmaceutical and food industries.