PHYTOHEMICAL SCREENING AND GUT MOTILITY ACTIVITY OF PONGAMIA PINNATA BARK IN EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL MODELS

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  • KHUMANTHEM DEEPAK SINGH Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dibrugarh University, Assam.
  • D. CHETIA Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dibrugarh University, Assam.

Keywords:

Pongamia pinnata, Screening methods, Castor oil, Anthraquinone glycosides.

Abstract

The  present  study  was  carried  out  with  the  bark  of  Pongamia  pinnata  Linn,  belonging  to the  family  Fabaceae. It  is  one  of  the  fast  growing, glabrous, deciduous  tree  and  has       recently  gained  importance  as  a  commercial  source  of  furanoflavones  like  kaempferol, karanjin.  Methanolic extract  of  Pongamia  pinnata  was  subjected  to  phytochemical  screening. Gut   motility activity  was  produced  by  oral  administration  of  castor  oil. Various  models  used  are  gut  motility  in  isolated  rat  intestine,  propulsive  gut  motility  in  mice  and  laxative  activity  in  rats.  In   pharmacological   screening,  the   effect  of  methanolic  extract  of  bark   of  Pongamia  pinnata  Linn  was  evaluated  in  Wistar  Albino  Rats  of  either  sex  (150-200g)  for  Gut  motility  activity  at  a  dose  of  200  mg/kg  and  400  mg/kg (p.o).  The  extract  reduced  the  laxative  activity  as  well  as  distance  travelled  by  the  charcoal  meal. The  presence  of  anthraquinone  glycosides  in  the  plant   extract  is  responsible  for  the  gut  motility  effect.  Thus  from  the  study  and  literature,  it  can  be  concluded  that  Pongamia  pinnata1  Linn  have  potent  gut  motility  activity.

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Published

31.03.2013

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KHUMANTHEM DEEPAK SINGH, & D. CHETIA. (2013). PHYTOHEMICAL SCREENING AND GUT MOTILITY ACTIVITY OF PONGAMIA PINNATA BARK IN EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL MODELS. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences, 4(1), 63–69. Retrieved from https://ijpbs.net/index.php/journal/article/view/1893

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