@article {134, title = {Bioactivity Guided Fractionation of Ethanol Extract of Caesalpinia digyna Rottler Roots}, journal = {Pharmacognosy Journal}, volume = {8}, year = {2016}, month = {December 2015}, pages = {165-167}, type = {Original Article}, chapter = {165}, abstract = {

Background: Authors have reported earlier that ethanol extract of Caesalpinia digyna Rottler roots exhibits significant antianxiety activity at 400 mg/kg, po, in mice using elevated plus-maze (EPM). Objective: Aim of the study was to isolate antianxiety principle(s) from ethanol extract of C. digyna roots following bioactivity guided fractionation approach. Materials and Methods: Bioactive ethanol extract was partitioned with ethyl acetate to get ethyl acetate soluble (EASF) and ethyl acetate insoluble (EAIF) fractions. A compound (CD1) precipitated from EASF. The two fractions and CD1 were evaluated for antianxiety activity in mice. Column chromatography of EASF yielded 5 fractions (F1-F5), all of which were evaluated for antianxiety activity using EPM. Results: Present study revealed that EASF (80 mg/kg) and CD1 (40 mg/kg) exhibited significant antianxiety activity, while EAIF does not. Among the five fractions, only F4 (40 mg/kg, po), exhibited significant antianxiety activity, which was statistically comparable to that of diazepam (2 mg/kg). Conclusion: Present investigation reveals that EASF obtained by partitioning of ethanol extract of C. digyna roots with ethyl acetate, and a compound CD1, isolated from EASF, exhibit significant antianxiety activity. Among 5 fractions (F1-F5) obtained from column chromatography of EASF, only F4 exhibited significant antianxiety activity. F4 is being processed further to isolate the anxiolytic constituent(s), and CD1 is being characterized.

}, keywords = {Antianxiety, Bioactivity-guided fractionation, Caesalpinia digyna, Elevated plus-maze.}, doi = {10.5530/pj.2016.2.11}, author = {Jitender Singh and Ashwani Kumar and Anupam Sharma} }