Abstract
Ficus carica grows in tropical and subtropical regions of Saudi Arabia. The current study was conducted to evaluate the proximate analyses, minerals, alpha-tocopherol and vitamin C contents, and to investigate the antioxidant capacities of aqueous and methanolic extracts prepared from Ficus carica leaves. The antioxidant capacities in the forms of DPPH and FRAP were evaluated by spectrophotometric methods. Alpha-tocopherol and vitamin C contents were determined by using a high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)-UV method. Total phenolic content was determined by using the Folin-Ciocalteau method. The results indicated that TPC, DPPH and FRAP values were higher in methanolic extract of big Ficus carica leaf (412.37±57.9mg GAE/100 g, 63.29±2.51% and 131.39±13.96 mmol Fe2+/100 g) in comparison to small leaf. Total phenolics were however higher in aqueous extract compared to methanolic. The results clearly demonstrate that these extracts have antioxidant capacity though there was no significant correlation between total phenolic content and antioxidant activity. Also, nutritional composition of Ficus carica leaves showed that they are good sources of minerals. Ficus carica leaf is therefore a rich source of polyphenols and has high antioxidant properties.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Methanolic extract of big Ficus carica leaves had higher total phenolic content than small leaves.
- Taxon
- Ficus carica
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Ficus caricae1 - Material
- big Ficus carica leafe1
- Treatment
- methanolic extracte1
- Outcome
- TPCe1
- Direction
- highere1
- Value
- 412.37±57.9mg GAE/100 ge1
- Comparator
- small leafe1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
_(Ficus_carica)_-_Cagliari%2C_Italy_2024-03-26.jpg?width=500)
Verbatim
e1“TPC, DPPH and FRAP values were higher in methanolic extract of big Ficus carica leaf (412.37±57.9mg GAE/100 g, 63.29±2.51% and 131.39±13.96 mmol Fe2+/100 g) in comparison to small leaf”
Claim · model-written summary
Methanolic extract of big Ficus carica leaves had higher DPPH antioxidant activity than small leaves.
- Taxon
- Ficus caricaFicus caricae1
- Material
- big Ficus carica leafe1
- Treatment
- methanolic extracte1
- Outcome
- DPPHe1
- Direction
- highere1
- Value
- 63.29±2.51%e1
- Comparator
- small leafe1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“TPC, DPPH and FRAP values were higher in methanolic extract of big Ficus carica leaf (412.37±57.9mg GAE/100 g, 63.29±2.51% and 131.39±13.96 mmol Fe2+/100 g) in comparison to small leaf”
Claim · model-written summary
Methanolic extract of big Ficus carica leaves had higher FRAP value than small leaves.
- Taxon
- Ficus caricaFicus caricae1
- Material
- big Ficus carica leafe1
- Treatment
- methanolic extracte1
- Outcome
- FRAPe1
- Direction
- highere1
- Value
- 131.39±13.96 mmol Fe2+/100 ge1
- Comparator
- small leafe1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“TPC, DPPH and FRAP values were higher in methanolic extract of big Ficus carica leaf (412.37±57.9mg GAE/100 g, 63.29±2.51% and 131.39±13.96 mmol Fe2+/100 g) in comparison to small leaf”
Claim · model-written summary
Total phenolics were higher in aqueous than in methanolic extract of Ficus carica leaves.
- Taxon
- Ficus caricaFicus caricat0
- Treatment
- aqueous extracte2
- Outcome
- Total phenolicse2
- Direction
- highere2
- Comparator
- methanolice2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Ficus carica Leaves”
e2“Total phenolics were however higher in aqueous extract compared to methanolic”
Claim · model-written summary
Total phenolic content was not significantly correlated with antioxidant activity in Ficus carica leaf extracts.
- Taxon
- Ficus caricaFicus caricat0
- Compound
- total phenolic contente3
- Outcome
- antioxidant activitye3
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Ficus carica Leaves”
e3“there was no significant correlation between total phenolic content and antioxidant activity”
Claim · model-written summary
Ficus carica leaves are good sources of minerals.
- Taxon
- Ficus caricaFicus caricae4
- Outcome
- nutritional compositione4
- Qualifier
- good sources of mineralse4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e4“nutritional composition of Ficus carica leaves showed that they are good sources of minerals”
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