Akruti Guptaa,b*, Sanjay Kumar Guptab, Prashant Kumar Mishraa,b
aDepartment of Biotechnology, Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribag, Jharkhand, India.
bICAR- Indian Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Namkum, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Received : 23rd April, 2023 ; Revised : 24th May, 2023
DOI:-https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12193813
Abstract– Semecarpus anacardium (vernacularly called “Bhelwa”) has been utilized in various forms by the traditional healers, practitioners and physicians of Indian Systems of Medicine in their clinical practices. The traditional usage mainly involves the application of its nuts in treating rheumatism, diabetes, and urinary diseases as well as cancer of esophagus and leukemia. The current study presents a comprehensive evaluation of S. anacardium leaves as an alternative to its nuts, with previously reported remarkable medicinal property but mainly delimited by their toxicity. To validate this, various solvent fractionates of S. anacardium leaves were assessed for their preliminary phytochemical profile. The results depicted the ethyl acetate (SA(L) EA) extract as the optimal extract with highest phytochemical abundance. The extract also exhibited notable antimicrobial potential against Aeromonas hydrophila (bacterial) and Fusarium oxysporum (fungal). The study thus highlights the importance of S. anacardium leaves and their antimicrobial applications to contribute to its overall pharmacological and therapeutic potential.
Key words: Semecarpus anacardium leaves; ethnomedicinal, bioactive metabolites; antibacterial, antifungal
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