Ex Vivo Antiplatelet and Thrombolytic Activity of Bioactive Fractions from the New-Fangled Stem Buds of Ficus religiosa L. with Simultaneous GC-MS Examination

• Published in: Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 28; no. 9; p. 3918
• Main Authors: Kumar, Sunil, Arif, Muhammad, Kamal, Mehnaz, Jawaid, Talha, Khan, Mohammed Moizuddin, Mukhtar, Beenish, Khan, Abdullah, Ahmed, Saif, AlSanad, Saud M, Al-Khamees, Osama A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 05-05-2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Acids; Antioxidants; Antioxidants - pharmacology; antiplatelet and thrombolytic activity; Aromatic compounds; Aspirin; Biocompatibility; Blood platelets; Body weight; Buds; Chloroform; Collagen; Drug dosages; Ethanol; ex vivo study; Fibrinolytic Agents - pharmacology; Fibrinolytic Agents - therapeutic use; Ficus; Ficus religiosa; Flavonoids; Formulations; Free radicals; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; GC-MS examination; Heart; Lipid peroxidation; Methanol; new-fangled stem buds; Plant Extracts - pharmacology; Plant Extracts - therapeutic use; Pyrazine; Salicylic acid; Scavenging; Steroids; Thrombolysis; Thrombosis; Toxicity; toxicological effects; Ficus religiosa; antiplatelet and thrombolytic activity; new-fangled stem buds; toxicological effects; GC-MS examination; ex vivo study
• ISSN: 1420-3049; 1420-3049
• DOI: 10.3390/molecules28093918

Different parts of
are the common components of various traditional formulations for the treatment of several blood disorders. The new-fangled stem buds' powder was extracted with 80% ethanol and successively fractionated by chloroform and methanol. Chloroform and methanol fractions of
(CFFR and MFFR) were tested for antiplatelet, antithrombotic, thrombolytic, and antioxidant activity in ex vivo mode. The MFFR was particularly investigated for GC-MS and toxicity. The antiplatelet activity of the CFFR, MFFR, and standard drug aspirin at 50 μg/mL was 54.32%, 86.61%, and 87.57%, and a significant delay in clot formation was noted. CFFR at different concentrations did not show a significant effect on the delay of clot formation, antiplatelet, and free radical scavenging activity. The most possible marker compounds for antiplatelet and antioxidant activity identified by GC-MS in the MFFR are salicylate derivatives aromatic compounds such as benzeneacetaldehyde (7), phenylmalonic acid (13), and Salicylic acid (14), as well as Benzamides derivatives such as carbobenzyloxy-dl-norvaline (17), 3-acetoxy-2(1H)-pyridone (16), and 3-benzylhexahydropyrrolo [1,2-a] pyrazine-1,4-dione (35). A toxicity study of MFFR did not show any physical indications of toxicity and mortality up to 1500 mg/kg body weight and nontoxic up to 1000 mg/kg, which is promising for the treatment of atherothrombotic diseases.