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<Journal>
<Journal-Info>
<name>International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences</name>
<website>ijpbs.net</website>
<email>editorijpbs@rediffmail.com (or) editorofijpbs@yahoo.com (or) prasmol@rediffmail.com</email>
</Journal-Info>
<article>
<article-id pub-id-type='other'>10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12</article-id>
<issue_number>Volume 5 Issue 3</issue_number>
<issue_period>2014 (July- September)</issue_period>
<title>IN VITRO HEPATOPROTECTIVE ACTIVITY OF APLOTAXIS AURICULATA IN HEPATOCYTES </title>
<abstract>Liver plays a major role in detoxification. Any impairment to it or dysfunction may lead to many complication on one's health. Treatment of liver diseases is still a challenge to modern medicine. The commerecially available medicine has little to offer for the alleviation of hepatic ailments but severe side effects. The study was aimed to evaluate  lessThan i greaterThan in vitro lessThan /i greaterThan  hepatoprotective activity of  lessThan i greaterThan Aplotaxis auriculata lessThan /i greaterThan  rhizome (200 and 400µg/ml) through CCl lessThan sub greaterThan 4 lessThan /sub greaterThan  induced toxicity in hepatocytes. The phytochemical screening revealed the presence of flavonoids, terpenoids, triterpenoids, polyphenol and tannins. All the variables tested such as LPO, GSH, Protein, Bilirubin, ALP, SGOT and SGPT recorded a significant alteration observed in CCl lessThan sub greaterThan 4  lessThan /sub greaterThan exposed hepatocytes. However treatment with  lessThan i greaterThan Aplotaxis auriculata lessThan /i greaterThan  extract restored the level and to near normal values was observed. The potential hepatoprotective activity of  lessThan i greaterThan Aplotaxis auriculata lessThan /i greaterThan  is due to the presence of phytochemical constituents present in plant. Some of these phytochemicals such as flavonoids and polyphenolic compounds might have possessed hepatoprotective activity.</abstract>
<authors>NANDHINI R,JEYADOSS T  AND VELAVAN S</authors>
<keywords>Aplotaxis auriculata, Phytochemicals, Hepatocytes, Carbon tetrachloride, </keywords>
<pages>840-846</pages>
</article>
</Journal>
