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100 _aSaira Salim
245 _aEvaluation of pharmacological properties and identification of biopotent compounds of the medicinal herb Justicia simplex D. Don
300 _aPP310-318
520 _aInnovative research is going on in search of novel, safer, and more effective drugs that are affordable to the common man. The present study evaluates the wound healing, antibacterial, antifungal and anticancer efficacies of leaves of the folk medicinal herb Justicia simplex, identifies the bioactive compounds present in the extract and predicts the drug likeness and pharmacological activities of the compounds. The wound healing efficacy of the extract was evaluated by in vitro scratch assay, antimicrobial activities by agar well diffusion method, antioxidant activity by DPPH radical scavenging assay, cytotoxic activity by MTT assay, morphological studies were conducted using phase contrast microscopy, and cell apoptosis by acridine orange and ethidium bromide double staining method. FTIR and HRMS analyses were employed to identify the bioactive compounds present in the extract. Physicochemical characters and drug-likeness of the compounds were predicted employing the SWISSADME web tool and pharmacological activities by the PASS online software.The study proved the effectiveness of J. simplex against pathogenic bacteria, fungi, and its wound healing, anticancer and cell apoptotic properties. The bioactive compounds identified were ethyl 6,9,12-hexadecatrienoate, 17-octadecynoic acid, n-hexadecanoic acid and ethylene glycol 0,0-di(pivaloyl). Pa > 0.7 indicates that all the compounds are very likely to exhibit anti-eczematic activity and three compounds obey the Lipinski rule of drug likeness. While the study highlights J. simplex as a promising candidate for novel drug discovery, further research is needed to fully explore and validate its therapeutic potential.
654 _aAnticancer, Antimicrobial, FTIR, HRMS, Justicia simplex, MTT assay
_a AntimicrobiaL
_a FTIR
_a HRMS
_a Justicia simplex
_a MTT assay
700 _aGopika Jayasenan
_aPradeep Kumar R
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_dNew Delhi NISCAIR
_tIndian Journal of Traditional Knowledge
_x0972-5938
942 _cJA
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