Evaluation of the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities of solvent extracts of Tricholepis chaetolepis (Boiss) Rech. f. whole plant

Abstract

The whole plant, Tricholepis chaetolepis, powder was investigated using proximate and fluorescence analysis along with determining the extractive values. Total phenolics, flavonoids and total protein contents of n-hexane, chloroform and methanolic extracts of the whole plant were also determined. The anti-diabetic activity of all the three extracts of the plant was determined by in vitro alpha-amylase inhibition assay. The anti-oxidant potential was evaluated using Phosophomolybdenum and DPPH methods. The anti-inflammatory potential of all extracts were determined by carrageenan-induced rat paw oedema model. The evaluation of the plant extracts exhibited the anti-diabetic, anti-oxidant, and anti-inflammatory activities in dose dependent fashion. The research concludes that Tricholepis chaetolepis extracts contain phenol, flavonoids, and tannins that show observable anti-oxidant and anti-diabetic potential. It is also concluded that the methanol extract of the plant showed the maximum effect against inflammation induced by carrageenan in rat paw oedema as compared with n-hexane and chloroform extracts.