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Pharmacological Effect of Androgrophis paniculata in Ammonium Acetate Induced Hyperammonemia: A Dose-dependent Study


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1 Department of Biochemistry, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Deemed to be University, Coimbatore – 641021, Tamil Nadu., India
2 Department of Zoology, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore – 641004, Tamil Nadu., India
3 Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608002, Tamil Nadu., India
     

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Androgrophis paniculata is a commonly used medicinal plant in south Asian countries including India and Sri Lanka. Ammonium acetate was used as a food preservation reagent in food industries. This study is focused on the pharmacological effect of Androgrophis paniculata on the functioning of the liver, kidney and brain in ammonium acetate induced hyperammonemia rats. The hyperammonemia is induced by intraperitoneal injection of ammonium acetate 100 mg/kg body weight thrice a week for eight consecutive weeks. Hyperammonemia rats are supplemented orally with Androgrophis paniculata at 50 and 100 mg/kg body weight doses. Hyperammonemic rats showed increased circulating levels of ammonia, uric acid, creatinine, bilirubin, nitric oxide, lipid profile, enzymatic liver marker, sodium/potassium-ATPase and reduced level of urea. Androgrophis paniculata supplementation prevented the histopathological alteration of a vital organ such as liver, brain and kidney tissue. The pharmacological effects are more pronounced in rats treated with 100 mg/kg b.w of Androgrophis paniculata and comparable with the standard drug sodium benzoate drug-treated rats.

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Ammonium Acetate, Androgrophis paniculata, Antioxidant, Histopathology.
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Authors

Ramakrishnan Arumugam.
Department of Biochemistry, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Deemed to be University, Coimbatore – 641021, Tamil Nadu., India
Hariharan Chandran.
Department of Biochemistry, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Deemed to be University, Coimbatore – 641021, Tamil Nadu., India
Dinesh Kumar Anandhan.
Department of Biochemistry, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Deemed to be University, Coimbatore – 641021, Tamil Nadu., India
Prabhu Gunasekaran.
Department of Biochemistry, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Deemed to be University, Coimbatore – 641021, Tamil Nadu., India
Gobinath Thilagar.
Department of Biochemistry, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Deemed to be University, Coimbatore – 641021, Tamil Nadu., India
Vanmathi Babu.
Department of Zoology, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore – 641004, Tamil Nadu., India
Vijayakumar Natesan.
Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608002, Tamil Nadu., India

Abstract


Androgrophis paniculata is a commonly used medicinal plant in south Asian countries including India and Sri Lanka. Ammonium acetate was used as a food preservation reagent in food industries. This study is focused on the pharmacological effect of Androgrophis paniculata on the functioning of the liver, kidney and brain in ammonium acetate induced hyperammonemia rats. The hyperammonemia is induced by intraperitoneal injection of ammonium acetate 100 mg/kg body weight thrice a week for eight consecutive weeks. Hyperammonemia rats are supplemented orally with Androgrophis paniculata at 50 and 100 mg/kg body weight doses. Hyperammonemic rats showed increased circulating levels of ammonia, uric acid, creatinine, bilirubin, nitric oxide, lipid profile, enzymatic liver marker, sodium/potassium-ATPase and reduced level of urea. Androgrophis paniculata supplementation prevented the histopathological alteration of a vital organ such as liver, brain and kidney tissue. The pharmacological effects are more pronounced in rats treated with 100 mg/kg b.w of Androgrophis paniculata and comparable with the standard drug sodium benzoate drug-treated rats.

Keywords


Ammonium Acetate, Androgrophis paniculata, Antioxidant, Histopathology.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18311/10.18311%2Fti%2F2021%2Fv28i1%2F26541