Anti-Inflammatory and
Anticancer Activity of Pteris
cretica Whole Plant Extracts
Komal Kiran1, Farooq Saleem1,
Sana Awan2, Sarfraz Ahmad2, Shoaib Ahmad1,
M Ammar Arshad Malik1, Bushra Akhtar3, Moosa
Raza1, Sohaib Peerzada1 and Ali Sharif1*
1Faculty
of Pharmacy, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan; 2Institute
of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Lahore,
Pakistan; 3Institute of Pharmacy, Physiology and
Pharmacology, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan;
*Corresponding author: alisharif.pharmacist@gmail.com
Abstract
The present study focuses on the use of n-hexane,
chloroform, ethyl acetate and aqueous extracts of
Pteris cretica to confirm its
in-vivo
anti-inflammatory properties and in-vitro
cytotoxic profile. The anti-inflammatory study was conducted by carrageenan-induced
edema test at different doses of Pteriscretica extracts (250 and 500mg/kg body weight). At 250 mg/kg dose
of chloroform, n-hexane, aqueous and ethyl acetate extracts expressed maximum
anti-inflammatory activity at the 2nd hour with 29.65, 29.06, 27.55
and 26.04% respectively by inhibiting carrageenan-induced edema. Moreover, 500
mg/kg concentration of chloroform extract of
Pteris cretica expressed efficient anti-inflammatory activity with
45.3% of inhibition in edema; whereas n-hexane, aqueous and ethyl acetate
extracts inhibit the edema at 35.34, 29.06 and 27.55% respectively. MTT assay
was used to determine the cytotoxic potential of
Pteris cretica extracts on HeLa, and BHK-21 cell lines. Chloroform
and aqueous extracts expressed the cytotoxic activity with
IC50of 31.48 and 34.26 µg/mL respectively
against HeLa cell lines. However, both chloroform and aqueous extracts exhibit
IC50108.50 and
55.76 µg/mL against BHK-21 cell line respectively. Chloroform extract is less
cytotoxic against BHK-21 cell line as compared to aqueous extract. Ethyl acetate
extract was found to be toxic for both cell lines. Based upon the above results,
isolation, identification and purification of phytochemicals from
Pteris cretica extracts is highly
recommended as a possible extension of the current work.
To Cite This Article:
Kiran K, Saleem F, Awan S, Ahmad S, Ahmad S,
Malik MAA, Akhtar B, Raza M, Peerzada S and Sharif A, 2018. Anti-inflammatory
and anticancer activity of pteris cretica
whole plant extracts. Pak Vet J, 38(3): 225-230. http://dx.doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2018.063