Comparative Study on Antidiarrhoeal Effect and Phytochemical Screening of Aqueous and Alcoholic Extract of Aerva lanata

Abstract

The plant Aerva lanata is also called as Pasanabheda, Chaya belongs to the family amaranthaceae. It is distributed throughout India, in waste land. Aerva lanata has been widely used in Indian folk medicine for treatment of urinary disorder, boils, cephalalgia, cough, strangury and lithiasis. This study was undertaken for comparative study on antidiarrhoeal effect of alcoholic and aqueous extract of Aerva lanata by using castor oil induce diarrhoea. It was found that both doses of extract showed protection against diarrhea. Antidiarrhoeal effect of both extracts of Aerva lanata was evaluated by castor oil induced diarrhea. Loperamide (2 mg/kg) was used as standard drugs. Alcoholic and aqueous extract was used in 400 and 800 mg/kg dose. The result of this study revealed that aqueous extract found to be more effective from alcoholic extract and may possible to explain the use of the plant in traditional medicine.