Evaluation of Antihyperlipidemic Activity of Methanolic Extract of Acorus Calamus in fat diet Induced Rats

Dr. Gampa Vijaya Kumar*¹, Dr. Nagaraju², M. Kulkarni², B. Shiva kumar², S. Raju^2
1Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacy, KGR Institute of Technology and Management, Rampally, Kesara, Rangareddy, Telangana, India.
²KGR Institute of Technology and Management, Rampally, Kesara, Rangareddy, Telangana, India.

A B S T R A C T
The present research work is involved with the evaluation of Acorus Calamus Extracts on plasma lipid levels in Triton -X-100 induced hyperlipidemic rats. In conclusion our results suggest that the post treatment with phenolic and triterpenoidal extract of A.calamus (AC) showed dose dependent antihyperlipidemic activity against Triton-X & high fat diet induced hyperlipidemia indicating that naturally occurring plant components phenolics and triterpenoids of this plant may be used as starting structures for the potential development of antihyperlipidemic agents.
Keywords: Acorus Calamus, antihyperlipidemic, Triton -X-100.