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- Title
In Vivo Antidiarrheal and Cytotoxic Potential of Different Fractions of Pandanus Foetidus Leaves.
- Authors
Islam, Abu Mohammed Taufiqul; Uddin, Muhammad Erfan; Chowdhury, Md. Asharf Uddin; Rahman, Md. Mominur; Habib, Md. Razibul; Rahman, Md. Atiar
- Abstract
This study investigated the antidiarrheal and cytotoxic effects of methanol, petroleum ether, chloroform and aqueous fractions of Pandanus foetidus leaf extract. Antidiarrheal effect was measured in castor oil induced- diarrhea, -enteropooling and -gastrointestinal motility (GI) test models in albino mice. Cytotoxicity was investigated in brine shrimp lethality bioassay. All data were analyzed by the software, statistical package for social science (SPSS), Version 18.0. The extracts (200 mg/kg) showed a remarkable antidiarrheal activity by reducing the number of defecation and maintaining the consistency of feces. The petroleum ether, chloroform and aqueous fraction of the extract significantly (p < 0.05) inhibited the diarrheal incidence at the dose of 200 mg/kg. Castor oil induced enteropooling and fluid accumulation was significantly reduced by methanol and chloroform fraction, whereas gastrointestinal motility was shrunk by the aqueous fraction only. Loperamide was used as a reference drug in the above mentioned models. In cytotoxicity test, the lowest LC50 was found to be 106.97 μg/ml by the chloroform fraction of the extract. The results demonstrated that Pandanus foetidus extract could be used as pharmaceutical preparation of anti- diarrheal and cytotoxic agent obtained from appropriate solvent system.
- Subjects
PANDANUS; METHANOL; CHLOROFORM; GASTROINTESTINAL motility; LEAVES
- Publication
American Journal of Biomedical Sciences, 2013, Vol 5, Issue 3, p208
- ISSN
1937-9080
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5099/aj130300208