Pharmacognostical Evaluation of Methanolic and Aqueous Extract of Aegle marmelos L.

Abstract

Traditional and folk medicine in India make use of the Aegle marmelos L. plant for the treatment of dysentery, diarrhoea, and infertility/abortion in women.  Sacred to Hindus, the tree's fruits are also consumed and utilised in traditional medicine all across its area.  People all over the world deal with gastric ulcers, and the only way to cure them is with synthetic medications, which might have negative side effects.  The creation of herbal treatments for stomach ulcers is a recent development in the field of plant medicine.  The antibacterial and antiulcer characteristics of Aegle marmelos make it a superior choice.  Among its medicinal and therapeutic uses are its potent antioxidant and antiulcer properties, which it employs to treat stomach ulcers caused by Helicobacter pylori.  This study seeks to provide scientific proof, based on supporting data and prior research, that Aegle marmelos fruits are effective against stomach ulcers.  Aegle marmelos was determined to have standard-quality physicochemical characteristics; the methanolic extract (MEAM) was greenish-blue with a sticky consistency and yielded 41.69% w/w, while the aqueous extract (AEAM) was dark brown in colour and dry amorphous in consistency, giving 29.61% w/w.  The total quercetin equivalents per gramme of extract for AEAM and MEAM were determined to be 19.71 ± 0.841 mg, whereas the total phenolic content for AEAM and MEAM was 22.48 ± 0.107 mg, and 42.08 ± 0.458 mg, respectively.  Twenty chemicals were identified in the GC-MS study of the methanolic extract of Aegle marmelos Linn Fruits. Among them were n-Hexadecanoic acid, tetradecanoic acid, and stigmasterol