PHYTOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION, DIURETIC AND ANTI INFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY OF ROOT AND STEM EXTRACTS OF BOERHAAVIA ERECTA LINN IN EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS

摘要

The pharmacological and biological properties and chemical constituentsof plants from the plant Boerhaavia erectawhich is widely used in folk medicine. In thepresent study, the anti-inflammatory, diuretic activity of ethanolic, ethylacetate extractsand colum isolated compound SU I of whole plant of Boerhaavia erectawere studied andthe activity was compared with Diclofenac sodium, Furosemide as standard. The anti-inflammatory activity was found out by Carragenan induced paw edema method by usingstandard Diclofenac sodium. The diuretic activity was found out by Lipschitz et almethod by using standard Furosemide. Preliminary phyto chemical screening showed thepresence of Carbohydrates, proteins, amino acids, Saponin, flavanoids, Phyto sterols andTannins are present in ethanol extract. The ethanolic extract exhibited significant in bothactivities. The anti-inflammatory activity showed *** P<0.001,** P<0.01, *P<0.02 .compared with standard