<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Shaikh Abusufyan</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mohammed Ibrahim</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Khan Mohib</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Comparative in vitro Antidiabetic and Antioxidant Activity of Various Extracts of Ficus Species</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacognosy Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Antidiabetic</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Antioxidant</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ficus benghalensis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ficus glomerata</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ficus religiosa</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2018</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">January 2018</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://fulltxt.org/article/489</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">349-354</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Introduction:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;Ficus religiosa, Ficus benghalensis&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Ficus glomerata&lt;/em&gt; are plants from &lt;em&gt;Ficus&lt;/em&gt; species used traditionally for the treatment of various ailments. This study aimed to investigate &lt;em&gt;in vitro&lt;/em&gt; antidiabetic and antioxidant activity of three plants from&lt;em&gt; Ficus&lt;/em&gt; species and effect of extracting solvents, total flavonoids and phenolics content on its &lt;em&gt;in vitro&lt;/em&gt; activity.&lt;strong&gt; Methods:&lt;/strong&gt; Dried leaf powder was extracted successively by using solvents with increasing order of polarity index (PI). &lt;em&gt;In vitro&lt;/em&gt; antioxidant (RP: reducing power assay, DPPH: 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl assay and HP: Hydrogen peroxide assay) and antidiabetic (&amp;alpha;A: &amp;alpha;-amylase assay and &amp;alpha;G: &amp;alpha;-glucosidase assay) activities as well as total flavonoid (TF) and total phenolic (TP) contents of extracts were evaluated. The correlation between &lt;em&gt;in vitro&lt;/em&gt; activities and solvent polarity index, total flavonoid and phenolic content were established by using pearson&amp;rsquo;s correlation coefficient (R). Results: Strong positive correlation was observed with PI of extracting solvents and TP content of &lt;em&gt;Ficus&lt;/em&gt; religiosa (PI/ TP, R=0.8159) and&lt;em&gt; Ficus&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;glomerata&lt;/em&gt; (PI/ TP, R=0.9172). Comparatively benzene and water extracts of &lt;em&gt;Ficus&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;glomerata&lt;/em&gt; were found to have significantly (&lt;em&gt;P&lt;/em&gt;&amp;lt;0.05) highest &lt;em&gt;in vitro&lt;/em&gt; antidiabetic and antioxidant activity respectively. Strong positive correlation was observed between TF and &amp;alpha;G inhibitory (TF/ &amp;alpha;G, R=0.793) effects of &lt;em&gt;Ficus benghalensis.&lt;/em&gt; In addition, strong positive correlation observed between TP and antioxidant activity (TP/DPPH, R=0.9744; TP/RP, R=0.9514 and TP/HP, R=0.8108) of &lt;em&gt;Ficus&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;glomerata.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Conclusions:&lt;/strong&gt; Finding of our research will help in selection of solvents for extracting antidiabetic and antioxidant rich phytoconstituents from &lt;em&gt;Ficus&lt;/em&gt; species.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Original Article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">349</style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shaikh Abusufyan&lt;sup&gt;1,2&lt;/sup&gt;*, Mohammed Ibrahim&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;, Khan Mohib&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, AIKTC, New Panvel, Maharashtra, affiliated to Mumbai University, INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;Research Scholar, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, JNTUH, Kukatpally, Telangana, INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Pharmacy, PNR College Pharmacy, Telangana, INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Pharmacognosy, Oriental College of Pharmacy, Navi Mumbai, INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;</style></auth-address></record></records></xml>