<?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%">Chandra Mohini Nemkul</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gan B Bajracharya</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hayato Maeda</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ila Shrestha</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ethnomedicinal Knowledge Verification for the Antidiarrheal and Antioxidant Effects of Rhus chinensis Mill. Fruits with Identification of Thirty Constituents</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%">Antibacterial susceptibility assay</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">DPPH radical scavenging assay</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">GC-MS</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hydrogen peroxide scavenging activity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">total phenolic content</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2021</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">January 2021</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">13</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">37-43</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background:&lt;/strong&gt; Ethnobotanical survey in the rural villages in Nepal revealed that the fruits of&lt;em&gt; Rhus chinensis&lt;/em&gt; Mill. have been using for the treatment of diarrhea and dysentery. &lt;strong&gt;Objective: &lt;/strong&gt;To evaluate antimicrobial and antioxidant effects, and identification of chemical constituents in the fruits of &lt;em&gt;R. chinensis&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;Materials and Methods:&lt;/strong&gt; Phytochemical screening was performed on the hexane and 70% methanolic extracts of the sample followed by gas chromatographymass spectrometry (GC-MS). Total phenolic content (TPC) was estimated using Folin-Ciocalteu method. 2,2-Diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radical and hydrogen peroxide scavenging assays were used to evaluate the antioxidant capacity. Antibacterial effect was estabilished by the Agar well diffusion assay. &lt;strong&gt;Results: &lt;/strong&gt;A total of 30 compounds belonging to phenolics, anhydrides, aldehydes, fatty acids and hydrocarbons were identified in the extracts. The TPC value of 123.52±1.29 mg GAE/g dry extract was estimated. IC&lt;sub&gt;50&lt;/sub&gt; value of 135.54±0.82 μg/mL was calculated in DPPH free radical scavenging assay. Scavenging of 42.69±0.1% DPPH free radical and 63.20±1.48% hydrogen peroxide at 100 μg/mL concentration of 70% methanolic extract were estimated. The maximum zone of inhibition (ZOI) observed was 23.00±0.57 mm against &lt;em&gt;Escherichia coli&lt;/em&gt; at loading dose of 5 mg of the extract.&lt;strong&gt; Conclusion: &lt;/strong&gt;All together 30 compounds were identified in the fruits. The extracts efficiently inhibited the growth of &lt;em&gt;E. coli &lt;/em&gt;and &lt;em&gt;Shigella dysenteriae&lt;/em&gt; verifying the rural knowledge. At the same time, the extracts displayed efficient antioxidant activity. The phytochemicals identified were responsible for these activities.&lt;/p&gt;
</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Original Article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">37</style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chandra Mohini Nemkul&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;, Gan B Bajracharya&lt;sup&gt;2,&lt;/sup&gt;*, Hayato Maeda&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;, Ila Shrestha&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;Departement of Botany, Tri-Chandra Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Ghantaghar, Kathmandu, NEPAL.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;Faculty of Science, Nepal Academy of Science and Technology, Khumaltar, Lalitpur, NEPAL.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University, 3-Bunkyo-cho, Hirosaki, Aomori 036-8561, JAPAN.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;Departement of Botany, Patan Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Patandhoka, Lalitpur, NEPAL.&lt;/p&gt;
</style></auth-address></record><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%">Gan B Bajracharya</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pratigya KC</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">A High Antibacterial Efficacy of Fruits of Litsea cubeba (Lour.) Pers from Nepal. GC-MS and Antioxidative Capacity Analyses</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%">Antioxidant</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Brine-shrimp assay</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">DPPH assay</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">GC-MS analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Litsea oil</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Minimum bactericidal concentration</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2019</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">September 2019</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">11</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">889-893</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background:&lt;/strong&gt; Biological activities of the plant materials may vary with different geographic origin. &lt;em&gt;Litsea cubeba &lt;/em&gt;fruits are consumed in Nepal as a spice ingredient and are considered to be possessed antibacterial property. &lt;strong&gt;Objectives:&lt;/strong&gt; Aims of this work are: to compare phytoconstituents present in litsea oil by GC-MS analysis, and to evaluate antibacterial and antioxidant activities of the volatile oil and the fruit extracts. &lt;strong&gt;Materials and Methods: &lt;/strong&gt;Hydrodistillation of &lt;em&gt;L. cubeba&lt;/em&gt; fruits was performed to obtain litsea oil followed by extractions with boiling methanol. Fractionations of the extract provided hexane, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate and aqueous extracts. The oil and extracts were analysed for the phytochemicals present. They were evaluated by using antibacterial susceptibility, brine-shrimp lethality and antioxidant capacity assays. &lt;strong&gt;Results:&lt;/strong&gt; All together 49 compounds (accounting 93.66%) were identified in the litsea oil by GC-MS. Monoterpenes being dominant components, the oil constituted 15.96% of citral (geranial and neral). Other major constituents were capric acid (12.44%), β-caryophyllene oxide (7.69%), linalool (5.96%), eucalyptol (5.13%) and cis- β-terpineol (4.22%). Litsea oil, hexane extract and dichloromethane extract displayed very effective antibacterial property. Ethyl acetate extract (LC&lt;sub&gt;50&lt;/sub&gt; = 21.52 μg mL‒1) and litsea oil (LC&lt;sub&gt;50&lt;/sub&gt; = 31.62 μg mL‒1) were found highly cytotoxic against brine-shrimp nauplii. Ethyl acetate (IC&lt;sub&gt;50&lt;/sub&gt; = 124.57 μg mL‒1) and dichloromethane (IC&lt;sub&gt;50&lt;/sub&gt; = 271.08 μg mL‒1) extracts displayed a modest DPPH free radical scavenging activity. &lt;strong&gt;Conclusion:&lt;/strong&gt; Phytoconstituents present in the &lt;em&gt;L. cubeba&lt;/em&gt; fruits from Nepal were analysed. Litsea oil and the extracts have displayed high antibacterial and potentially anticarcinogenic activities.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;Faculty of Science, Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST), Khumaltar, Lalitpur, NEPAL.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Chemistry, Tri-Chandra Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, NEPAL.&lt;/p&gt;
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