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Cassia Auriculata: Aspects of Safety Pharmacology and Drug Interaction
Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
  • Amrutesh S. Puranik, Savitribai Phule Pune University
  • Ganesh Halade, University of Texas at San Antonio
  • Sandeep Kumar, National Centre for Cell Science India
  • Ranjan Mogre, Applied Biotech Vile Parle
  • Kishori Apte, National Toxicology Centre, Pune
  • Ashok D.B. Vaidya, MRC-KHS
  • Bhushan Patwardhan, Savitribai Phule Pune University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-22-2011
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1093/ecam/nep237
Abstract

Safety pharmacology studies help in identifying preclinical adverse drug reactions. We carried out routine safety pharmacology with focus on cardiovascular variables and pharmacokinetic herb-drug interaction studies on rats fed with standardized traditional hydro-alcoholic extract and technology-based supercritical extract of Cassia auriculata for 12 weeks. Our studies indicate that both these extracts are pharmacologically safe and did not show any significant adverse reactions at the tested doses. The traditional hydro-alcoholic extract did not show any significant effect on pharmacokinetics; however, the technology-based supercritical extract caused a significant reduction in absorption of metformin. Our results indicate the need to include pharmacokinetic herb-drug interaction studies as evidence for safety especially for technology-based extracts.

Citation / Publisher Attribution
Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, v. 2011, art. 915240
Citation Information
Amrutesh S. Puranik, Ganesh Halade, Sandeep Kumar, Ranjan Mogre, et al.. "Cassia Auriculata: Aspects of Safety Pharmacology and Drug Interaction" Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Vol. 2011 (2011)
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