A Comparative Study of Diospyros malabarica (Gaub) Extracts in Various Polarity-Dependent Solvents for Evaluation of Phytoconstituents and Biological Activities

Table 7

Conclusive view of biological activities of D.malabarica extracts.

Extracts	Solvents	Biological activities
		Anti-inflammatory	Anticancer	Antidiabetic	Antibacterial	Antifungal
Root	Methanol	++	++	++	++	++
	Ethanol	+	+	+	+	+
Stem	Methanol	++	++	++	++	+
	Ethanol	+	+	+	+	++
Bark	Methanol	++++	++++	++++	++++	++++
	Ethanol	++	++	++	++	++
Leaves	Methanol	++	+	++	++	+
	Ethanol	+	+	+	+	++
Unripe fruit	Methanol	++	+	++	+	+
	Ethanol	+	+	+	++	++
Ripe fruit	Methanol	++	+	++	++	+
	Ethanol	+	+	+	+	++

(+) and (+++) signs indicate the low intensity and high intensity of biological activities, respectively.