Tuesday , 19 March 2024

Pharmacological Screening and Phytochemical Evaluation of Anti-Diabetic Activity of Asparagasus Racemosus Leaves in Normal and Alloxan Induced Diabetic Rats

Dr. Hareesh Dara*, D. Siva dinesh, Dr. Thatipelli Ravichander
The St John College of Pharmcy, Hasanparthy, Hanamkonda, Telangana

A B S T R A C T
Diabetes mellitus is a most common endocrine disorder, affecting more than 300 million people worldwide, we studied the anti-diabetic potential of leaves of A.Racemosus. The acute oral toxicity studies of the extracts revealed no toxic effects up to the levels of 2000mg/kg b.wt. The aqueous and alcoholic extracts of 20 and 30mg/kg body weight of A.Racemosus was screened for the presence of hypoglycemic and antidiabetic activity. In this study diabetes was induced by a single IP dose Alloxan monohydrate in 72hrs fasted rats. The FBGL was carried on 7th, 14th and 21st day and OGTT was measured on 8th, 15th and 22nd day. Glibeclamide was taken as the standard and the results are quite comparable with it. The studies were indicated that the leaves of A.Racemosus are effective in regeneration of insulin secreting β-cells and thus possess antidiabetic activity. The aqueous and alcoholic extracts showed significant effect in decreasing the Fasting blood Glucose level and oral glucose tolerance test of rats and it’s also showed good hypoglycemic activity in normal glycemic rats. The preliminary phytochemical analysis of the extracts of A.Racemosus revealed the presence of alkaloids, tannins, saponins, terpenoids, flavonoids, phenolics and glycoside as the possible biologically active principles.
Keywords: A.Racemosus , Alloxan monohydrate, Glibenclamide, FBGL and OGTT

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