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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">4403</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url">http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2022.14602</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>__ampersandsignalpha;-Amylase Inhibitory, Immunomodulatory, Phytotoxic, Antifungal Activities and Phytochemical Screening of Medicago Denticulata&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Ahmad</surname><given-names>Imran</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Afzal</surname><given-names>Samina</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Shahzad</surname><given-names>Muhammad Atif</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>15</day><month>03</month><year>2022</year></pub-date><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>9</fpage><lpage>16</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Introduction: Plants are an alternative source for the management of a number of human disorders because of diverse metabolites.&#13;
Aims: Current study targets to probe underexplored therapeutic potentials of Medicago denticulata (M. denticulata) through phytochemical and biological assays.&#13;
Methods: The dried whole plant (aerial and root parts) was extracted in succession with dichloromethane (DCM) and methanol by simple maceration process and designated with codes MDWD and MDWM respectively.&#13;
Results: The phytochemical investigation uncovered the occurrence of saponins, terpenoids, tannins, phenols and flavonoids in the extracts. MDWD fraction unveiled the highest total phenolic contents 54.47 __ampersandsignmu;g GAE / mg dry weight (DW), The total reducing potential 58.125 __ampersandsignmu;g AAE / mg DW and total antioxidant capacity 81.71 __ampersandsignmu;g AAE / mg, while MDWM fraction revealed maximum flavonoids content 16.72 __ampersandsignmu;g QE / mg DW. The phytotoxicity of methanol and DCM extracts exhibited 73% and 63% growth regulation respectively at concentration of 1000 __ampersandsignmu;g/mL. Extracts revealed antidiabetic activity through __ampersandsignalpha;-amylase inhibition. The maximum inhibition i.e. 116.91% was detected at the concentration of 1000 mg / mL by DCM extract.&#13;
Conclusion: Dichloromethane and methanolic extracts of M. denticulata are well-thought-out as the potential source of antioxidants and could provide immunomodulatory, antifungal, phytotoxic and a-amylase inhibition activities.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Antioxidant</kwd><kwd> Flavonoids</kwd><kwd> Immunomodulatory</kwd><kwd> Medicago</kwd><kwd> Phenols</kwd><kwd> Phytochemical</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
