ANTINEOPLASTIC AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES 0¥ ACORUS CALAMUS L ON SWISS ALBINO MICE BEARING DALTON’S ASCITES LYMPHOMA
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2015
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Objective; Ethnohotanical alternates for synthetic allopathic drugs are soon gaining importance in the treatment of diseases due to their fewer side
effects. Acorus calamus has been widely used globally due its richness in antioxidant phytoconstituenLs in the treatments yielding beneficial functions.
The present study details the in vivo anticancerous effect of A. co/omu.s against Dalton's ascites lymphoma (DALj.
Methods; The extract obtained by soxblet extraction was screened for antioxidants by the enzymatic and non-enzymatic methods to indicate any
inhibitory properties on DAL induced cells.
Results; Soxhiet extraction using organic solvents and water revealed metbanol to yield a maximum percentage of tbe crude extract that was stored
for antioxidant and antineoplastic analysis. DAL induced tumor cells in mice revealed decreased levels of superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione
peroxidise, glutathione, vitamin C and also vitamin E on analysis of liver and kidney samples. The same organs, when analyzed on treatment with the
methanolic extract of A. calamus revealed a reversal of these decreased values to normal range.
Conclusion; These results thus Indicate the potential use of A. calamus for anticancer studies although the main phytoconstituent in the extract
obtained is to be further analyzed.