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Sanmugapriya, E. et al.

Studies on hepatoprotective and antioxidant actions of Strychnos potatorum Linn. seeds on CCl(4)-induced acute hepatic injury in experimental rats.

Strychnos potatorum Linn. seeds are used in the Indian traditional system of medicine for the treatment of hepatopathy, nephropathy, gonorrhoea, leucorrhoea, gastropathy, bronchitis, chronic diarrhoea, strangury, renal and vesicle calculi, diabetes and eye diseases. The present study describes the hepatoprotective and antioxidant activities of the seed powder (SPP) and aqueous extract (SPE) of Strychnos potatorum seeds against CCl(4)-induced acute hepatic injury. Hepatic injury was achieved by injecting 3ml/kg, s.c. of CCl(4) in equal proportion with olive oil. Both SPP and SPE at the doses 100 and 200mg/kg, p.o. offered significant (p<0.001) hepatoprotective action by reducing the serum marker enzymes like serum glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase (SGOT) and serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT). They also reduced the elevated levels of ALP and serum bilirubin. Reduced enzymic and nonenzymic antioxidant levels and elevated lipid peroxide levels were restored to normal by administration of SPP and SPE. Histopathological studies further confirmed the hepatoprotective activity of SPP and SPE when compared with the CCl(4) treated control groups. The results obtained were compared with Silymarin (50mg/kg, p.o.), the standard drug. In conclusion, SPE (200mg/kg, p.o.) showed significant hepatoprotective activity similar to that of the standard drug, Silymarin (50mg/kg, p.o.).[1]

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Studies on hepatoprotective and antioxidant actions of Strychnos potatorum Linn. seeds on CCl(4)-induced acute hepatic injury in experimental rats. Sanmugapriya, E., Venkataraman, S. Journal of ethnopharmacology. (2006) [Pubmed]

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