Vol. 6, Issue 7, Part G (2020)

Fresh leaves and bark of Ficus religiosa were collected from Draksharam, Bhimeswara swamy temple to perform antioxidation and comet assay. The leaves and bark were washed under running tap water, air dried and powdered finely and used for further studies.

The results showed that the tail lengths are increased when the samples are treated with the hydrogen peroxide. Increased tail length denotes that the more damage is occurred to the genetic material and the damage is increasing along with the increase in the concentration of hydrogen peroxide.

Among the four extracts of Ficus religiosa (Leaf Ethanolic extract, Leaf aqueous extract, Bark Ethanolic extract, bark aqueous extract) leaf Ethanolic extract has more antigenotoxic activity because, the inhibition percentage of the Leaf Ethanolic extract and the p value of this is statistically very significant. The nature of antigenotoxicity is increasing with the increasing concentration. Even at the low concentration of this extract, significant inhibition rate is observed.