<?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%">Hayat Mohammad Mukhtar</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Amandeep Singh</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hardeep Kaur</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bioassay Guided Fractionation and in vitro Anti-plasmodial Activity of Ficus deltoidea and Ficus benjamina</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%">Antiplasmodial</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bioassay guided fractionation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ficus deltoidea Ficus benjamina</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Malaria</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Schizont maturation inhibition assay</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/471</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">235-240</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;Background:&lt;/strong&gt; Malaria is infectious vector born disease affecting 212 million people belonging to 97 countries globally in the year 2016. Although this number has reduced progressively from last one decade but recent failure of currently available antimalarial drug therapy has accentuated the urgent need to explore different novel approaches in &lt;em&gt;Anti-plasmodial&lt;/em&gt; drug discovery. Objective: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the &lt;em&gt;Anti-plasmodial&lt;/em&gt; activity of traditional medicinal plants &lt;em&gt;Ficus deltoidea and Ficus benjamina&lt;/em&gt;. Materials and Methods: Crude petroleum ether and hydro alcoholic extract of both the plant species were evaluated for &lt;em&gt;Anti-plasmodial&lt;/em&gt; activity by schizont maturation inhibition assay using 3D7 &lt;em&gt;plasmodium&lt;/em&gt; strains. Results: It was observed that petroleum ether extract of &lt;em&gt;F. benjamina &lt;/em&gt;leaves showed most promising inhibitory effect on the growth of schizonts with IC&lt;sub&gt;50&lt;/sub&gt; 14.5 &amp;mu;g/ml. Bio-assay guided fractionation of petroleum ether extract of &lt;em&gt;F. benjamina&lt;/em&gt; led to the hexane and chloroform fraction with high &lt;em&gt;Anti-plasmodial&lt;/em&gt; activity (IC&lt;sub&gt;50&lt;/sub&gt; 4.0 &amp;mu;g/ml and IC&lt;sub&gt;50&lt;/sub&gt; 7.8 &amp;mu;g/ml respectively). Further, phytochemical investigation of &lt;em&gt;F. benjamina&lt;/em&gt; indicated the presence of various valuable phytochemicals belonging to class of steroids, terpenoids and phytosterols. Conclusion: This study has revealed the &lt;em&gt;Anti-plasmodial&lt;/em&gt; activity of F. deltoidea and &lt;em&gt;F. benjamina&lt;/em&gt; for the first time. Significant &lt;em&gt;Anti-plasmodial&lt;/em&gt; activity and preliminary phytochemical studies of &lt;em&gt;F. benjamina&lt;/em&gt; indicates its rich chemical diversity which make this plant a good candidate for isolating new molecule that could serve as new lead in &lt;em&gt;Anti-plasmodial&lt;/em&gt; drug discovery.&amp;nbsp;&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%">235</style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hayat Mohammad Mukhtar&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;, Amandeep Singh&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;*, Hardeep Kaur&lt;sup&gt;3 &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;S.B.S. College of Pharmacy, Patti, Tarn Taran, Punjab, INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, IKG Punjab Technical University, Punjab, INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;PG Department of Chemistry, Khalsa College Amritsar, Punjab, INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;</style></auth-address></record></records></xml>