Phytochemical Isolation of α-Linolenic Acid from Velvet Apple (Diospyros blancoi) Stem Bark and Assessment of Its Antibacterial, Antioxidant, and Cytotoxic Activities
Diospyros blancoi (velvet apple) is a medicinal plant whose stem bark remains relatively underexplored phytochemically. This study aimed to isolate and characterize a major constituent from the chloroform extract of D. blancoi stem bark and to evaluate its antibacterial, antioxidant, and preliminary cytotoxic activitie...