Evaluation of antihyperlipidemic effect of Polygonum minus,a South East Asian salad plant in poloxamer 407-induced acute hyperlipidemic rats

摘要

OBJECTIVE To investigate the antihyperlipidemic effect of methanol and aqueous extracts of the leaves of Polygonum minus in acute hyperlipidemic rat model.METHODS Acute hyperlipidemia was chemically induced in Sprague Dawley rats by using poloxamer 407(500mg·kg-1 of body weight;intraperitoneal).Increase in total cholesterol was confirmed after six hours of induction.The normal and hyperlipidemic control groups were administered with 1mL carboxymethylcellulose(CMC),the two test groups received aqueous and methanol extract of leaves of P.minus respectively(1000mg·kg-1;orally;suspended in 1% CMC)whereas reference standard treated group received atorvastatin(60mg·kg-1;orally;suspended in 1% CMC)once daily for 3consecutive days.Blood samples were collected at 10 th and 24 th hour of the study for total cholesterol and triglycerides determination,while terminal blood samples were collected at58 th hour for full lipids profile analysis.RESULTS In the present study,both methanol and aqueous extracts lowered the serum total cholesterol and triglycerides significantly(P<0.001 and P<0.05,respectively)when compared with the hyperlipidemic control,similar to the standard drug atorvastatin.Varying effects were observed for both extracts on the other lipid parameter studied.Methanol extract showed significant reduction in LDL(P<0.05),VLDL(P<0.01)and atherogenic index(AI;P<0.001)and it showed a significant elevation in HDL levels(P<0.05).On the other hand,the aqueous extract showed significant reduction only in VLDL and AI(P<0.05)but no increase in HDL levels.CONCLUSION Present study confirmed the antihyperlipidemic effect of leaves of P.minus in acute hyperlipidemic rat model.The study also suggested that the methanol extract possess higher antihyperlipidemic effect than aqueous extract.Currently a study is ongoing to evaluate the antihyperlipidemic effect of the methanol extract in high-fat diet-induced chronic hyperlipidemic rat model.