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Phyto-physicochemical, acute and subacute toxicity studies of <em>Garcinia lanceifolia</em> Roxb.- A rare ethnomedicinal plant of Assam, India

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Title Phyto-physicochemical, acute and subacute toxicity studies of <em>Garcinia lanceifolia</em> Roxb.- A rare ethnomedicinal plant of Assam, India
 
Creator Bora, Nilutpal Sharma
Kakoti, Bibhuti Bhusan
Yadav, Priyanka
Gogoi, Barnali
Borah, Sudarshana
 
Subject Acute toxicity
Assam
Ethnomedicinal
<i>Garcinia lanceifolia</i>
Pharmacognostic
Phytochemical
Subacute toxicity
 
Description 360-369
<em>Garcinia lanceifolia</em>; a small, glabrous, evergreen tree found in Northeast India belonging to the Clusiaceae family; has long, acuminate, lanceolate and fleshy leaves; tetramerous and polygamous inflorescence with both male and hermaphrodite flowers. A recent study has claimed that the bark contains antinociceptive, antihyperglycemic, and membrane stabilising activities. However, no reports on the pharmacognostic details and toxicity of the bark are reported. The bark was collected, dried and subjected to conventional organoleptic, microscopic evaluation, physicochemical evaluation and TLC methods. The powdered crude drug was examined for its physicochemical, fluorescence and microscopic characteristics. The extracts obtained after hot Soxhlet extraction were screened for their phytochemical constituents and the TLC fingerprints were also established. The toxicological profile of the hydroalcoholic extracts of <em>G.lanceifolia</em>, through acute and subacute toxicity tests, were performed. Male and female rats (Wistar) received 5000 mg/kg of hydromethanolic extract of <em>G.lanceifolia </em> (HAEGL) for the acute toxicity test and 500, 1000, 1500 or 2500 mg/kg of HAEGL for subacute toxicity test. This is the first study for the bark of <em>G. lanceifolia</em> which will serve as a standard for quality control and assurance thereby promoting further insights and conclusive studies on this plant.
 
Date 2018-03-28T10:10:08Z
2018-03-28T10:10:08Z
2017-12
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0976-0512 (Online); 0976-0504 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/44136
 
Language en_US
 
Relation Int. cl. (2015.01)–A61K 36/00
 
Rights <img src='http://nopr.niscair.res.in/image/cc-license-sml.png'> <a href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/in' target='_blank'>CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India</a>
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJNPR Vol.8(4) [December 2017]