In Vitro Biological Activities Of Ranunculus gracilis Clarke Rhizome
Abstract
R. gracilis rhizomes were picked from Yenice Forests Karabük province in Turkey. Ethanol was chosen for extraction solvent. Disc diffusion method including filamentous and non-filamentous Gram-positive bacteria, Gram-negative bacteria, and yeast strains was used to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of the extract. DPPH free radical scavenging activity and ferric reducing antioxidant power analysis were performed to determine antioxidant activity. The Folin-Ciocalteu method for determining the total phenolic amount and the AlCl3 method for the total flavonoid content of the extract was chosen. Mean diameters of inhibition zones (IZD) of the bacteria were found in the range of 8.2 mm to 24.45 mm. This value was measured as 17.82 mm and 18.69 mm for yeasts. The total antioxidant activity value of the extract was calculated as 7.08 mg AAE/g extract. The IC50 value was found as 9.097 mg/mL for DPPH free radical scavenging activity. The FRAP value indicated that the reducing power of 1 gram of sample was equivalent to 4.66 μmol of Trolox. The total phenolic content of ethanol extract of R. gracilis rhizomes was determined as 0.414 mg GAE/g, while the flavonoid content was calculated as 0.68 mgQE/g. The analyzed ethanolic extract of R. gracilis rhizomes demonstrated that the biological activity level could be considered significant according to the obtained results.
Keywords
Antibacterial effect, Antifungal activity, pathogenic actinomycetes, antioxidant.
Thanks
The authors thank Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sevda TÜRKİŞ gratefully for their kind assistance and provided invaluable inputs.
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