Phytochemical and Pharmacological Analysis of Ethanolic Extracts of Prosopis Juliflora (Sw.)

Abstract

Prosopis juliflora is a commercially important plant genus, which has been used since ancient times, particularly for medicinal purposes.Traditionally, Paste, gum, and smoke from woody stems, leaves and pods are applied for anticancer, antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory, and antimicrobial purposes. This study was carried out to investigate the acute and subacute oral toxicity of the ethanolic extract of Prosopis juliflora on wistar rats. In this study preliminary phytochemical analysis showed that there are some plant chemicals constituents present in the P. juliflora extract such as alkaloids, flavanoids, terpenoids and steroids. GC-MS result revealed that more than 15 compounds present in the P. juliflora. In an acute toxicity study P. juliflora extract was administered orally at doses ranging from 50-500 mg kg -1 and the animals were observed for

Pharmacological and pharmacognostical aspect of Prosopis juliflora: A review

“…All the parameters were same in experimental animals on 31st day when animals are sacrificed and blood and serum samples were analyzed for various biochemical parameters. These results showed that ethanolic extract of P. juliflora is nontoxic and the concentration was further used for long term in-vivo studies for various pharmacological activity [77].…”