Abstract

ANTIHEPATOTOXIC ACTIVITY OF BIHERBAL EXTRACT OF DRIED FRUITS OF PIPER LONGUM AND DRIED STEM OF TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA AGAINST CCL4 INDUCED HEPATOTOXICITY

Khushbu Tripathi*, N. D. Pandey and Bahar Ahmed

Abstract

Medicinal plants assisted as a raised area for ancient ayurvedic system of medicine, in present scenario, herbal therapeutics gaining impulse in pharmacological claims and as molecular entities in the drug development. Herbal treatments offer respite from the high cost of expensive modern medicines as well as in being comparatively safe with less side effects. In the present research work the Biherbal extract of Piper longum and Tinosporacordifolia, the two medicinal plants used for the treatment of various pathological conditions in the traditional system of medicine were subjected to scientific evolution with the help of modern techniques and pharmacology. The Biherbal extract was found to be significantly effective in resisting induced hepatotoxicity due to CCl4 exposure.

Keywords: medicinal plants, Biherbal extract, Piper longumand Tinosporacordifolia, CCl4.