Author(s):
Gottumukkala Krishna Mohan, Malavika Yadav, M Sandhya Rani, Kalakotla Shanker
Email(s):
drgkmohan@gmail.com
DOI:
10.5958/0975-4385.2016.00033.9 
Address:
Gottumukkala Krishna Mohan*, Malavika Yadav, M Sandhya Rani, Kalakotla Shanker
Centre for Pharmaceutical Sciences, IST, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad-500085, Telangana, India.
*Corresponding Author
Published In:
Volume - 8,
Issue - 4,
Year - 2016
ABSTRACT:
The Antimitotic Activity of Methanolic extract of Borassus flabellifer L. (Arecaceae) seed coat (soft outer shell) was studied by using Seed Germination Assay and Allium cepa Root Tip Assay. The preliminary phytochemical screening of methanolic seed coat extract of Borassus flabellifer revealed that presence of carbohydrates, reducing sugars, coumarins, triterpenes, tannins and phenolic compounds. In Seed Germination Assay, the methanolic seed coat extract of Borassus flabellifer has significantly increased the percentage of inhibition after 24hrs, 48hrs and 72hrs treatment which was comparable with percentage of inhibition of methotrexate. At dose 50mg/ml (p<0.0001) extract has shown the inhibition of seed germination as significant as the standard drug methotrexate (0.1mg/ml)(p<0.0001). In Allium cepa root tip assay, the percentage of mitotic index was decreased significantly after 1, 3 and6 hrs of drug treatment which was comparable with the percentage mitotic index of methotrexate. At dose 150mg/ml (p<0.0001) extract has shown antimitotic activity i.e., mitotic index as significant as of methotrexate of 0.1mg/ml (p<0.0001). Thus, the Methanolic seed coat extract of Borassus flabellifer is recommended for the treatment of cancer. Further in-vivo parameters need to be done for mechanistic evaluation of drug.
Cite this article:
Gottumukkala Krishna Mohan, Malavika Yadav, M Sandhya Rani, Kalakotla Shanker. Antimitotic activity of Borassus flabellifer Seed Coat. Res. J. Pharmacognosy and Phytochem. 2016; 8(4): 223-230. doi: 10.5958/0975-4385.2016.00033.9
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Gottumukkala Krishna Mohan, Malavika Yadav, M Sandhya Rani, Kalakotla Shanker. Antimitotic activity of Borassus flabellifer Seed Coat. Res. J. Pharmacognosy and Phytochem. 2016; 8(4): 223-230. doi: 10.5958/0975-4385.2016.00033.9 Available on: https://rjpponline.org/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2016-8-4-4