Research Article
Mechanism of Polygonum bistorta and Zingiber roseum Against Toxicity
Deepak Kumar Mittal1*, Alok Kumar Jena2 and Deepmala Joshi1
1School of Studies in Zoology, Jiwaji University, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India
2CBT, Siksha `O` Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
- *Corresponding Author:
- Deepak Kumar Mittal
School of Studies in Zoology, Jiwaji University
Gwalior - 474011 (MP), India
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Received date: September 27, 2013; Accepted date: January 08, 2014; Published date: January 17, 2014
Citation: Mittal DK, Jena AK, Joshi D (2014) Mechanism of Polygonum bistorta and Zingiber roseum Against Toxicity. J Drug Metab Toxicol 5:161. doi: 10.4172/2157-7609.1000161
Copyright: © 2014 Mittal DK, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Abstract
The present study was carried out to observe the hepatoprotective effect and antioxidant activity of the aqueous extract of the roots of Polygonum bistorta (PB) (100 mg/kg) and Zingiber roseum (ZR) (100 mg/kg) in rats treated with carbon tetrachloride (0.15 ml/kg, i.p.). Extract of PB and ZR at the tested doses restored the levels of liver homogenate enzymes (glutathione peroxidase, glutathione-S-transferase, superoxide dismutase and catalase enzymes significantly. The activities of MTT assay significantly recovered the damage towards normal. This study shows that Zingiber roseum has a more liver protective effect in comparison to Polygonum bistorta and against carbon tetrachloride- induced hepatotoxicity and possess antioxidant activities and extracts exhibited moderate anticancer activity towards cell viability at higher concentration.
