CHEMOPROTECTIVE AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF OPUNTIA FICUS – INDICA FRUITS EXTRACT

Pharmacology

The activity elicited by the extract might be due to its ability to activate antioxidant enzymes. The findings suggest the potential use of the ethanolic extract of opuntia Ficus indica as a novel therapeutically useful nephroprotective agent. Our goal was to investigate the effect of Opuntia Ficus indica fruit extract on CYP induced toxicity in albino Wister rats. To this end, we evaluated the effect of Opuntia Ficus indica 400 mg/kg b.w. tested in albino Wister rats by monitoring its effects on oxidative stress, by CYP; we chose this dose because our studies have shown that it can do a good prevention against toxicity induced by CYP. Our result suggests that extract of Opuntia Ficus indica has the potential to prevent CP induced cellular toxicity. The extract of Opuntia Ficus indica shown to act as a potent antioxidant activity.

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