Preliminary Mechanistic Studies on the Smooth Muscle Relaxant Effect of Hydroalcoholic Extract of<i>Curcuma caesia</i>

Arulmozhi, D. K.; Sridhar, N.; Addepalli, Veeranjaneyulu; Arora, Sadhna

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“…(black turmeric) is a perennial herb with bluish black rhizomes and one of the endangered species amongst the medicinal plants found in Manipur. [ 13 ] Many of the researches worked on it like anti-fungal activity,[ 14 ] smooth muscle relaxant and anti-asthmatic activity,[ 15 ] bronchodilating activity,[ 16 ] antioxidant activity,[ 17 ] anxiolytic and central nervous system depressant activity, locomotor depressant, anti-convulsant,[ 18 ] anthelmintic activity,[ 19 ] anti-bacterial activity,[ 20 ] and anti-ulcer activity. [ 21 ] Methanolic extract of the rhizome of Curcuma caesia Roxb.…”

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Methanolic Extract of Curcuma caesia Roxb. prevents the toxicity caused by Cyclophosphamide to bone marrow cells, liver and kidney of mice

Devi¹,

Mazumder²

2016

Phcog Res

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Introduction:With an ever increasing cause of cancer, it has been recommended to treat with conventional drugs, however because of the side effects caused by the conventional drugs, the research on medicinal plants has been intensified due to their less adverse and toxic effects.Objectives:The primary objective of the present study was to evaluate the protective effect of the medicinal plant Curcuma caesia Roxb. against free radicals ABTS+ and O2-. Also it was aimed to evaluate the protective effect of C.caesia Roxb. against the chemotherapeutic drug Cyclophosphamide and its side effects in liver and kidney.Methods:The rhizomes of the plant was extracted with methanol through soxhlet and its antioxidant activity was tested against ABTS+ and O2-. For antigenotoxic studies, animals were divided into eight groups and micronucleus assay was employed and for biochemical analysis serum sample was collected from the blood and SGOT, SGPT analysis was performed. Also the biochemical analysis was performed from both the liver and kidney.Results:The methanolic extract of Curcuma caesia Roxb. was found to scavenge the free radicals ABTS+ and O2-. the micronuclei formation was found to be increased in the positive control group as compared to the negative control group significantly (P<0.002) however increase in the number of micronuclei was found to be decrease with the pretreatment of the extract at different concentrations significantly as compared to the negative control groups (P<0.01, P<0.005, P<0.001). The increased level of serum SGPT and SGOT as well as peroxidation level in both liver and kidney due to treatment of cyclophosphamide was also found to be decreased with the pretreatment of the extract significantly as compared to the positive control groups. There was decreased in the level of endogenous antioxidant such as GSH and GR in the positive control group however decreased level of GSH and GR was found to be increased with the pretreatment of the methanolic extract of C. caesia Roxb.Conclusion:The present study suggested that the methanolic extract of C. caesia Roxb has not shown any genotoxicity and reduces the genotoxicity caused by cyclophosphamide. It was also to have the protective effects against the liver and kidney. So it could be provided as one of the herbal supplementation in chemoprevention of CP to ameliorate the side effects of it.SUMMARY Cancer is characterized by uncontrolled growth of cells and much research has been done for the past several years from various disciplines for the treatment of cancer but till now no therapy has been discovered. Treatment of cancer with chemotherapeutic drugs has been suggested to prevent cancer cells however they are often limited with their toxicity to normal cells. Therefore it has been suggested that the supplementation of medicinal plants which are rich source of antioxidants can decrease the toxic effect caused by chemotherapeutic drugs. Curcuma caesia Roxb is a medicinal plant which has high antioxidant activity, as per present study, methanolic extract ...

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Methanolic Extract of Curcuma caesia Roxb. prevents the toxicity caused by Cyclophosphamide to bone marrow cells, liver and kidney of mice

Devi¹,

Mazumder²

2016

Phcog Res

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“…(black turmeric) is a perennial herb with bluish black rhizomes and it is famous for its medicinal properties. It is recognised as a medicinal herb to possess with various properties such as anti-fungal activity Banerjee and Nigam [16] , smooth muscle relaxant and anti-asthmatic activity Arulmozhi et al [17] , bronchodilating activity Paliwal et al [18] , antioxidant activity Mangla et al [19] , anxiolytic and CNS depressant activity, locomotor depressant, anti-convulsant Karmakar et al [20] , anthelmintic activity Gill et al [21] , anti-bacterial activity Rajamma et al [22] , anti-ulcer activity Das et al [23] . The phytochemical studies of C. caesia revealed the presence of multiple phytoconstituents like essential oils with camphor, ar-turmerone, (Z) ocemene, ar-curcumene,1,8-cineole, elemene, borneol, bornyl acetate, curcumene, etc.…”

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Antioxidant and antimutagenic activity of Curcuma caesia Roxb. rhizome extracts

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HighlightsDPPH forms purple color when dissolved in solution and its color is altered to slightly yellowish color with the intervention of rhizome extracts of Curcuma caesia Roxb.at different concentrations showing the scavenging activity against the free radicals generated by DPPH. The scavenging activity of the extracts tested follows the order EECC>MECC>EaECC>AECC.Total phenolic and reducing ability were also found to be increased in ethanolic extract as compared to other extracts.EECC, MECC, AECC were selected to test the antimutagenic activity against Cyclophosphamide (CP) using Salmonella typhimurium strains TA98 and TA100. S9 mix prepared from male mice liver was used to activate the cyclophosphamide. Cyclophosphamide produces free radicals Phosphoramide and Acrolein on activation with S9 mix causing mutations inside the living system which found to be ammeliorated by the secondary metabolites present in plants. All the extracts tested were found to be non mutagenic.CP can also act as positive control for the strain TA98 which was not reported ealier and this can be inhibited by the used of rhizome of Curcuma caesia Roxb. Extract.

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“…[5] The preliminary mechanistic studies have shown its smooth muscle relaxant activity on hydro alcoholic extract. [6]…”

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Pharmacognostic parameters for evaluation of the rhizomes of Curcuma caesia

Paliwal¹,

Pancholi²,

Patel³

2011

J Adv Pharm Technol Res

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In ethno medicinal practices, the traditional healers use the genus Curcuma for the treatment of various ailments but Curcuma caesia Roxb. is a very less known and almost untouched drug. The present work attempts to establish the necessary pharmocognostic standards for evaluating the plant material of C. caesia Roxb. Various parameters, such as morphology, microscopy, physicochemical constants, and phytochemical profiles of the entire parts of the plant were studied and the salient diagnostic features are documented. Major chemical constituents, extractive values, physicochemical constants, and other features are also been recorded.

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Preliminary Mechanistic Studies on the Smooth Muscle Relaxant Effect of Hydroalcoholic Extract ofCurcuma caesia

Abstract: The extract showed a dose-dependent, non-specific relaxation of pre-contracted isolated guinea pig trachea. The non-specific relaxant effect of the extract may be due to its ability to modulate calcium activity.

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Methanolic Extract of Curcuma caesia Roxb. prevents the toxicity caused by Cyclophosphamide to bone marrow cells, liver and kidney of mice

Methanolic Extract of Curcuma caesia Roxb. prevents the toxicity caused by Cyclophosphamide to bone marrow cells, liver and kidney of mice

Antioxidant and antimutagenic activity of Curcuma caesia Roxb. rhizome extracts

Pharmacognostic parameters for evaluation of the rhizomes of Curcuma caesia

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