Phytochemical evaluation bioassay screening and standization of Zizy jujuba and Acacia modesta
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2011
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Center of Biotechnology & Microbiology, University of Peshawar
Abstract
The present PhD dissertation comprises of two Parts; Part A and Part B
Part A describes the phytochemical and biological investigations of Acacia modesta.
The phytochemical investigations include the isolation of four compounds from the ethyl acetate
fraction i.e. Nonaeicosanol (1) [P # 70], Palmitone (2) [P # 73], benzoic acid (3) [P # 76] and
Lupeol (4) [P # 78]. Acacia modesta was a new source for Nonaeicosanol (1) and Palmitone (2).
The oils isolated from the n-hexane fraction were subjected to GC-MS analysis. The GC-MS
analysis of the oils revealed 38 components.
The pharmacological / biological investigations include the antibacterial, antifungal, phytotoxic,
insecticidal, brine shrimp lethality, haemagglutination, anti-termite, Nitric Oxide (NO) free
radical scavenging and spasmolytic activities of the crude methanolic extract and various
fractions of the plant. The oils obtained from the plant were also screened for antibacterial,
antifungal, phytotoxic, insecticidal and brine shrimp lethality bioassays.
The pharmacological / biological investigations revealed that the plant possesses significant
antibacterial, insecticidal and anti-termite activities. Moderate NO free radical scavenging and
haemagglutination activity was also observed. The plant showed low antifungal, phytotoxic,
brine shrimp lethality and spasmolytic activities. The oils of the plant possessed significant brine
shrimp lethality activity, moderate antifungal and phytotoxic and no antibacterial and insecticidal
activity.
Part B describes the phytochemical and biological investigations of Zizyphus jujuba.
The phytochemical investigations include the isolation of compounds from the ethyl acetate, nhexane
and chloroform fractions. Two compounds i.e. 4-methoxydalbergeione (5) [P # 178] and
betulinic acid (6) [P # 180] were isolated from the ethyl acetate fraction. Stigmasterol (7)
xii
[P # 184] was isolated from the chloroform and β –sitosterol (8) [P # 188] from the n-hexane
fraction of the plant.
The pharmacological / biological investigations include antibacterial, antifungal, phytotoxic,
insecticidal, brine shrimp lethality, haemagglutination, anti-termite, NO free radical scavenging
and spasmolytic activities of the crude methanolic extract and various fractions of the plant. The
oils obtained from the plant were also screened for antibacterial, antifungal, phytotoxic,
insecticidal and brine shrimp lethality bioassays.
The pharmacological / biological investigations revealed that the plant possesses significant
antibacterial and anti-termite activities. Moderate phytotoxic, insecticidal and brine shrimp
lethality activities were observed. The plant showed low antifungal, NO free radical scavenging
and spasmolytic activities. No haemagglutination activity was shown by the crude methanolic
extract and various fractions of the plant. The oils of the plant possessed moderate brine shrimp
lethality and low phytotoxic activities but did not show antibacterial, antifungal and insecticidal
activities.