INVESTIGATION OF ANTI OBESITY ACTIVITY OF ALCOHOLIC EXTRACT OF ROOTS OF CARICA PAPAYA ON OBESITY INDUCED ANIMAL MODEL
Jatoth Manjula*, T.Mangilal, R. Naga Kishore,N.Anjaneyulu, M. Naga Ganesh, G.Abhinayani And N.Sravya
ABSTRACT
The present study is to evaluate the anti-obesity activity of alcoholic extract of roots of Carica Papaya. Phytochemical screening of crude extract reveals the presence of carbohydrates, proteins, flavonoids, saponins, fixed oils, glycosides and steroids. Hence the presence of bioactive constituents was aimed to explore the anti obesity activity of roots extracts in Atherogenic Diet (AD) induced obesity model in experimental animals i.e. mice. Standard reference Orlistat (10 mg/kg) produced a significant (P
Keywords: Carica Papaya, Atherogenic Diet, Obesity, Orlistat.
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