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The pharmacological and biological properties and chemical constituents of plants from the plant Boerhaavia erecta which is widely used in folk medicine. In the present study, the anti-inflammatory, diuretic activity of ethanolic, ethylacetate extracts and colum isolated compound SU I of whole plant of Boerhaavia erecta were studied and the activity was compared with Diclofenac sodium, Furosemide as standard. The antiinflammatory activity was found out by Carragenan induced paw edema method by using standard Diclofenac sodium. The diuretic activity was found out by Lipschitz et al method by using standard Furosemide. Preliminary phyto chemical screening showed the presence of Carbohydrates, proteins, amino acids, Saponin, flavanoids, Phyto sterols and Tannins are present in ethanol extract. The ethanolic extract exhibited significant in both activities. The anti-inflammatory activity showed *** P<0.001,** P<0.01, *P<0.02 . compared with standard.
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Introducción: la utilización de los extractos obtenidos a partir de las plantas se difunde cada vez más en la industria farmacéutica para la fabricación de numerosos productos. Para su obtención en forma de polvo, se emplea el secado por aspersión por ser un método de secado que preserva los componentes naturales presentes en estos productos. La presencia de compuestos como los azúcares impide que estos productos puedan ser secados por aspersión sin que se adhieran a las superficies internas del equipo, lo que produce bajo rendimiento en su recuperación. El uso de aditivos inertes como almidón, ciclodextrinas, lactosa y maltodextrina, favorece la recuperación del producto, porque actúan como coadyuvantes del secado. Objetivos: determinar la concentración de aditivo que permite alcanzar el mayor rendimiento en el secado del extracto acuoso de Boerhaavia erecta L. Métodos: se estudió la influencia del uso de diferentes aditivos sobre el rendimiento en el proceso de secado por aspersión. Resultados: se logró obtener a escala de banco un extracto seco que cumple con los requisitos de calidad fisicoquímicos y microbiológicos, con un rendimiento superior a 90 por ciento. Conclusiones: la presencia de aditivos en el proceso de secado del extracto de B. erecta eleva el rendimiento y se obtuvo un producto que cumple con los requisitos de calidad establecidos.
Introduction: the use of plant extracts increasingly extends in the pharmaceutical industry for the manufacture of many products. To obtain them in powder form, the spray drying is employed because it is a method that preserves the natural components of these products. The presence of compounds like sugars makes the spray drying of these products difficult since they adhere to the internal surface of the equipment and this brings about low rate of product recovery. Use of inert additives such as starch, cyclodextrines, lactose and maltodextrine favors recovery of product because they act as drying coadjuvants. Objectives: to determine the additive concentration that allows reaching the highest performance in drying water extract from Boerhaavia erecta L. Methods: the influence of several additives on the performance of the spray drying process was researched. Results: it was possible to obtain at the test bed dry extract that fulfils the physical, chemical and microbiological quality requirements, with over 90 percent performance. Conclusions: the presence of additives in the process of B. erecta extract drying increases the performance and the final product fulfils the set quality requirements.