Antiobesity effect of Bauhinia variegata bark extract on female rats fed on hypercaloric diet

Authors

  • Gunasekaran Balamurugan Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, C. L. Baid Metha College of Pharmacy, Old Mahabalipuram Road, Jyothi Nagar, Thoraipakkam, Chennai 97,Tamil Nadu
  • Palayan Muralidharan Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, C. L. Baid Metha College of Pharmacy, Old Mahabalipuram Road, Jyothi Nagar, Thoraipakkam, Chennai 97,Tamil Nadu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjp.v5i1.4310

Keywords:

Bauhinia variegata, Hypercaloric diet, Obesity, ?-Sitosterol

Abstract

The present study was carried out to investigate the antiobesity effect of methanolic extract of stem and root barks of Bauhinia variegata Linn in female rats fed with hypercaloric diet. Obesity was induced by administration of hypercaloric diet for 40 days. The plant extract (at the tested doses of 200 and 400 mg/kg body weight) exhibited a significant hypolipidemic effect and thus reduced the obesity. The body weight and feed intake was reduced significantly. Treatment of obese animals with the methanolic extract of B. variegata exhibited an increased brain serotonin level and high density lipoprotein with a concomitant decrease in total cholesterol, triglycerides and low density lipoprotein. Thus, the study indicates that the antiobesity activity of methanolic extract of B. variegata could be attributed to the presence of P- sitosterol in the stems and the tendency of the extract to reduce lipid profile and elicit the brain serotonin level.

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Author Biography

Gunasekaran Balamurugan, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, C. L. Baid Metha College of Pharmacy, Old Mahabalipuram Road, Jyothi Nagar, Thoraipakkam, Chennai 97,Tamil Nadu

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Published

2010-04-19

How to Cite

Balamurugan, G., and P. Muralidharan. “Antiobesity Effect of Bauhinia Variegata Bark Extract on Female Rats Fed on Hypercaloric Diet”. Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology, vol. 5, no. 1, Apr. 2010, pp. 8-12, doi:10.3329/bjp.v5i1.4310.

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