Antibacterial activity of petroleum ether (PE), benzene (BE), chloroform (CE), acetone (AE) and ethanol (EE) extracts of dried Elaeocarpus sphaericus fruit was investigated against 28 gram-positive and gramnegative bacteria using the disc diffusion and plate dilution methods. The AE fraction showed
Pharmacological activity of Elaeocarpus sphaericus
โ Scribed by R. K. Singh; S. B. Acharya; Dr S. K. Bhattacharya
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 48 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0951-418X
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โฆ Synopsis
Elaeocarpus sphaericus fruits are used in Ayurveda for mental diseases, epilepsy, asthma, hypertension, arthritis and liver diseases. Sequential petroleum ether (PE), benzene (BE), chloroform (CE), acetone (AE) and ethanol (EE) extracts (50-200 or 200 mg/kg, ip, or 200 mg/kg, po) of dried Elaeocarpus sphaericus fruits, pretreatment time 30-45 min, showed significant antiinflammatory action against both acute and sub-acute models, analgesic, barbiturate-hypnosis potentiation and antiulcerogenic activities in rats. All the extracts, except PE and EE decreased swim stress immobility in mice indicating some degree of antidepressant activity. All the extracts protected guinea-pigs against bronchospasm induced by histamine and acetylcholine aerosols. Chemically, the extracts showed the presence of glycosides, steroids, alkaloids and flavonoids.
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Two new indolizidine alkaloids, (AE)-3-oxoisoelaeocarpine ( 1) and (AE)-elaeocarpine N-oxide (2), along with three known alkaloids, (AE)-isoelaeocarpine (3), (AE)-elaeocarpine (4), and (ร)-isoelaeocarpiline (5), were isolated from an EtOH extract of the branches and leaves of Elaeocarpus sphaericus.
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