Ethnopharmacological investigation of the spice Commelina appendiculata C.b. Clarke (Commelinaceae)

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GRIN Verlag, Jan 12, 2018 - Medical - 75 pages
Scientific Study from the year 2012 in the subject Pharmacology, grade: A, Jahangirnagar University (Department of Pharmacy), language: English, abstract: In this ethnopharmacological study, the ethanolic extract of Commelina appendiculata (EECA) was subjected to pharmacological activity test. Phytochemical study revealed the presence of carbohydrates, tannins, flavonoids, glycosides and alkaloids in the ethanolic extract of Commelina appendiculata. In Swiss albino mice, analgesic, cns depressant and antidiarrhoeal activity were investigated. The extract was also evaluated for cytototoxic activity.
 

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CHAPTER2 MATERIALS AND METHODS 1544
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CHAPTER5 REFERENCES 6674
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Pritesh Ranjan Dash,Nabila Morshed
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200 mg/kg body acetic acid acetic acid induced acid induced writhing alkaloids analgesic analgesic activity animal antidiarrhoeal antidiarrhoeal activity Bangladesh body weight p.o. brine shrimp Brine shrimp lethality carbohydrates castor oil CNS depressant Commelina appendiculata Commelinaceae compared to control Control group received cytotoxic cytotoxic activity diarrhoea Diazepam doses of 100 Dunnett t-test EECA was treated EECA=Ethanolic extract Effect of ethanolic ethanolic extract extract of Commelina extract p.o. flavonoids glycosides group received water Group-I induced diarrhoea inhibition by test inhibition of defecations Loperamide medicinal plants mg/kg body weight movements inhibition nauplii nociception oil induced open field test Oral pain Phytochemical Phytochemical screening plant extract prostaglandins reagent received water 5ml/kg sleeping time test sodium induced sleeping standard drug standard group received t-test as compared tail immersion test tannins test group EECA test in mice test tube therapeutic thiopental thiopental sodium induced treated with 100 Values are mean vincristine water 5ml/kg body

About the author (2018)

Pritesh Ranjan Dash, R. Ph, has earned a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Pharmacy from Stamford University, Bangladesh, in 2010 and 2012. Currently, he is attending a PhD in Pharmacy at Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh, and teaching in the Pharmacy Department at BRAC University, Mohakhali, Dhaka. He has already published three books and more than 21 research articles on medicinal plants in reputed national and international journals. Nabila Morshed has earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy from BRAC University, Bangladesh. Nabila Morshed currently works at the Department of Molecular Sciences and is a Master of Research student in Macquarie University. Nabila does research in Biochemistry, Biophysical technology, peptides and lipid peptide interaction. She has already published three research articles in reputed international journals.

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TitleEthnopharmacological investigation of the spice Commelina appendiculata C.b. Clarke (Commelinaceae)
AuthorsPritesh Ranjan Dash, Nabila Morshed
PublisherGRIN Verlag, 2018
ISBN3668610746, 9783668610743
Length75 pages
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