Hepatoprotective activity of melia azedarach leaf extract against simvastatin induced hepatotoxicity in rats

Abstract

The aim of the study is to investigate the hepatoprotective activity of Melia azedarach L leaves extracts against simvastatin induced hepatotoxicity. The phytochemical screening was carried on the leaves extracts of Melia azedarach revealed the presence of some active ingredients such as Alkaloids, Tannins, Sponginess, Phenols, glycosides, steroids, terpenoids and flavonoids. Leaves of Melia azedarach was successively extracted with ethanol against simvastatin (20mg/kg.p.o) induced hepatotoxicity using Standard drug Silymarin (25 mg/kg). There was a significant changes in biochemical parameters (increases in serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT), Serum glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase (SGOT), alanine phosphatase (ALP),serum bilirubin and decrease the total proteins content.) in simvastatin treated rats, which were restored towards normalization in Melia azedarach (300 mg/kg and 500 mg/kg) treated animals. Thus the present study ascertains that the leaf extract of Melia azedarach possesses significant hepatoprotective activity.