<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Geetha Balasubramaniam</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mahendran Sekar</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Maithili Varadarajan</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Shrishailappa Badami</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Antioxidant and Hepatoprotective Activities of Strobilanthes kunthianus against Carbon Tetrachloride-Induced Hepatotoxicity in Rats</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacognosy Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Antioxidant</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Carbon tetrachloride</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hepatoprotective</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hepatotoxicity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Liver disease</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Strobilanthes kunthianus</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2020</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">August 2020</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">12</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1143-1151</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background:&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Strobilanthes kunthianus&lt;/em&gt; Nees T Anders (Neela kurinji) is a shrub in the grasslands of Nilgiris, Western Ghats in India. It is well known for many biological properties including antioxidant. However, there is no &lt;em&gt;in-vivo&lt;/em&gt; antioxidant and hepatoprotective activities has been carried out previously on&lt;em&gt; S. kunthianus. &lt;/em&gt;Objectives: The present study was aimed to evaluate the antioxidant and hepatoprotective activities of methanolic flower extract of &lt;em&gt;S. kunthianus&lt;/em&gt; (MFESK) against carbon tetrachloride (CCl&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt;)-induced hepatotoxicity in experimental rats. &lt;strong&gt;Materials and Methods:&lt;/strong&gt; The Wistar rats were divided into six groups comprising six animals to each. Group I was served as normal control and group II as CCl&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt; treated. Both these groups were received sodium CMC (0.3%, 5 ml/kg). Groups III, IV and V animals were treated with MFESK at different dose levels (100, 150 and 200 mg/kg). Group VI was treated with standard silymarin (100 mg/kg). All these treatments were given orally for eight consecutive days. On the 8&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; day of treatment, except the normal group I, all the other group of animals from III to VI were received CCl&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt; in liquid paraffin (1:1, 1 ml/kg, i.p., single dose) after 1 h of the vehicle. On the 9&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; day, the animals were anesthetized and blood was collected from the abdominal artery, then the serum was separated and used for the biochemical estimations. Serum marker enzymes such as ASAT, ALAT, ALP, TGL, CR, TP, TC, TB and albumin were measured using Ecoline kits by using autoanalyzer. Further, blood serum and the supernatant solution of homogenized liver and kidney were used for the estimation of antioxidant parameters such as CAT, SOD and TBARS by spectrophotometrically. &lt;strong&gt;Results: &lt;/strong&gt;The administration of CCl&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt; caused a significant increase (P&amp;lt;0.001) in the levels of ASAT, ALAT, ALP, TGL, TC, TB and TBARS and decrease in the levels of CR, TP, Albumin, CAT and SOD in serum. A significant (P&amp;lt;0.001 and P&amp;lt;0.01) restoration of these values towards the normal level was observed in all the three tested doses of MFESK. Similar results were observed for CAT, SOD and TBARS in both liver and kidney tissues. These results designated the strong antioxidant and hepatoprotective nature of MFESK. The histopathological investigation of liver and kidney tissues also confirmed the observed activities. &lt;strong&gt;Conclusion:&lt;/strong&gt; These findings afford incitement for the development of a novel hepatoprotective herbal drugs.&lt;/p&gt;
</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Research Article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1143</style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Geetha Balasubramaniam&lt;sup&gt;1,2,&lt;/sup&gt;*, Mahendran Sekar&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;, Maithili Varadarajan&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;, Shrishailappa Badami&lt;sup&gt;5 &lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Swamy Vivekanandha College of Pharmacy, Elayampalayam, Tiruchengode – 637205, Tamilnadu, INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, JSS College of Pharmacy, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Rocklands, Udhagamandalam – 643001, Nilgiris, Tamilnadu, INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Universiti Kuala Lumpur Royal College of Medicine Perak, Ipoh – 30450, Perak, MALAYSIA.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Pharmacognosy, Padmavathi College of Pharmacy, Dharamapuri – 635205, Tamilnadu, INDIA. 5Chaitanya Vikas Yoga &amp;amp; Nature Cure Centre, Rajatgiri, Dharwad – 580004, Karnataka, INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;
</style></auth-address></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Geetha Balasubramaniam</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mahendran Sekar</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Maithili Varadarajan</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Shrishailappa Badami</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Antioxidant and Hepatoprotective Activities of Strobilanthes kunthianus against Carbon Tetrachloride-Induced Hepatotoxicity in Rats</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacognosy Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Antioxidant</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Carbon tetrachloride</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hepatoprotective</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hepatotoxicity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Liver disease</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Strobilanthes kunthianus</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2020</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">August 2020</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">12</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1143-1151</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background:&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Strobilanthes kunthianus&lt;/em&gt; Nees T Anders (Neela kurinji) is a shrub in the grasslands of Nilgiris, Western Ghats in India. It is well known for many biological properties including antioxidant. However, there is no &lt;em&gt;in-vivo&lt;/em&gt; antioxidant and hepatoprotective activities has been carried out previously on&lt;em&gt; S. kunthianus. &lt;/em&gt;Objectives: The present study was aimed to evaluate the antioxidant and hepatoprotective activities of methanolic flower extract of &lt;em&gt;S. kunthianus&lt;/em&gt; (MFESK) against carbon tetrachloride (CCl&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt;)-induced hepatotoxicity in experimental rats. &lt;strong&gt;Materials and Methods:&lt;/strong&gt; The Wistar rats were divided into six groups comprising six animals to each. Group I was served as normal control and group II as CCl&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt; treated. Both these groups were received sodium CMC (0.3%, 5 ml/kg). Groups III, IV and V animals were treated with MFESK at different dose levels (100, 150 and 200 mg/kg). Group VI was treated with standard silymarin (100 mg/kg). All these treatments were given orally for eight consecutive days. On the 8&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; day of treatment, except the normal group I, all the other group of animals from III to VI were received CCl&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt; in liquid paraffin (1:1, 1 ml/kg, i.p., single dose) after 1 h of the vehicle. On the 9&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; day, the animals were anesthetized and blood was collected from the abdominal artery, then the serum was separated and used for the biochemical estimations. Serum marker enzymes such as ASAT, ALAT, ALP, TGL, CR, TP, TC, TB and albumin were measured using Ecoline kits by using autoanalyzer. Further, blood serum and the supernatant solution of homogenized liver and kidney were used for the estimation of antioxidant parameters such as CAT, SOD and TBARS by spectrophotometrically. &lt;strong&gt;Results: &lt;/strong&gt;The administration of CCl&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt; caused a significant increase (P&amp;lt;0.001) in the levels of ASAT, ALAT, ALP, TGL, TC, TB and TBARS and decrease in the levels of CR, TP, Albumin, CAT and SOD in serum. A significant (P&amp;lt;0.001 and P&amp;lt;0.01) restoration of these values towards the normal level was observed in all the three tested doses of MFESK. Similar results were observed for CAT, SOD and TBARS in both liver and kidney tissues. These results designated the strong antioxidant and hepatoprotective nature of MFESK. The histopathological investigation of liver and kidney tissues also confirmed the observed activities. &lt;strong&gt;Conclusion:&lt;/strong&gt; These findings afford incitement for the development of a novel hepatoprotective herbal drugs.&lt;/p&gt;
</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Research Article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1143</style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Geetha Balasubramaniam&lt;sup&gt;1,2,&lt;/sup&gt;*, Mahendran Sekar&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;, Maithili Varadarajan&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;, Shrishailappa Badami&lt;sup&gt;5 &lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Swamy Vivekanandha College of Pharmacy, Elayampalayam, Tiruchengode – 637205, Tamilnadu, INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, JSS College of Pharmacy, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Rocklands, Udhagamandalam – 643001, Nilgiris, Tamilnadu, INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Universiti Kuala Lumpur Royal College of Medicine Perak, Ipoh – 30450, Perak, MALAYSIA.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Pharmacognosy, Padmavathi College of Pharmacy, Dharamapuri – 635205, Tamilnadu, INDIA. 5Chaitanya Vikas Yoga &amp;amp; Nature Cure Centre, Rajatgiri, Dharwad – 580004, Karnataka, INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;
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