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Background:A number of plants have been used in Indian system of medicine such as ayurveda, unani and siddha, but most of these plants were not explored properly. Sphaeranthus amaranthoides (SA) Burm.f., is one such plant used as an energizer in siddha.Objective:To evaluate the anticancer effect of chloroform extract of the whole plant of SA Burm.f. against Ehrlich ascites carcinoma bearing Swiss albino mice.Materials and Methods:The anticancer effect of chloroform extract was investigated in Swiss albino mice bearing Ehrlich ascites carcinoma at two different dose levels. Acute toxicity studies were also performed to determine the safety of the extract. Mice injected with Ehrlich ascites carcinoma cells were treated with the extract of doses 200 and 400 mg/kg body weight and standard 5-fluorouracil 20 mg/kg body weight for 15 consecutive days. Animals were sacrificed on day 15 for determination of anticancer activity by evaluating tumor volume, nonviable and viable tumor cell count and hematological parameters.Results:Mice treated with the extract showed a significant decrease in tumor volume and viable cell count and an increase in nonviable cell count and mean survival time. The hematological parameters were also found to be restored to a normal level.Conclusion:The results indicate that the chloroform extract was producing anticancer activity comparable with that of the standard 5-fluorouracil.

The current study was aimed for screening of preliminary phytochemical constituents, estimation of total phenols, flavonoids and evaluation of antioxidant properties of various extracts of Cayratia auriculata (in vitro). Shade dried powder of Cayratia auriculata was exposed to Soxhlet extraction technique with expanding order of extremity of solvents, for example, hexane >chloroform,> ethyl acetate> methanol. Subjective phytochemical screening was finished by standard methods. Total phenolic content was determined by the Folin-Ciocalteau reagent technique using gallic acid as reference standard. Total flavonoid content was determined by the colorimetric technique, utilizing quercetin as standard. In vitro, antioxidant capacity was assessed by utilizing 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) method. Phytochemical investigation suggested that the existence of different phytochemical constituents like alkaloids, flavonoids, phenolic mixtures and tannins, proteins, sugars, glycosides, steroids, triterpenoids, and saponins in the all extracts of Cayratia auriculata in varying degree. The methanolic extract showed higher total phenolic 383.99±1.11 mg GAE/g dry extract and total flavonoid content was 64.11±8.89)mg QE/g dry extract when contrasted with different extracts. Methanolic extract demonstrated most elevated Antioxidant activity 96.46±1.97µg/ml when contrasted with different extracts. Among the four extracts of studied plant methanol extract presented the potent free radical scavenging effect with its significantly lower IC50 value (80.66 μg/ml) in comparison with ethyl acetate, chloroform and hexane extracts. The discoveries of the current examination reinforce the expected ability of Cayratia auriculata as a decent option for the examination of novel antioxidant agents for treating physiological disorders.