EFFECT OF FRACTION I OF Abrusprecatorius SEED METHANOL EXTRACT ON PARACETAMOL-INDUCED LIVER DAMAGE IN RATS

📄 Project Abstract

Plants, the first medicine of human being, have played a remarkable role in health care since the ancient times. Traditionally plant-based medicines still exert a great deal of importance to the people living in developing countries and also lead to the discovery of new drugs for a variety of diseases that threatens human health. Plants are the rich sources of organic compounds, many of which have been used for medicinal purposes. Medicinal plants are the plants whose parts (leaves, seeds, stems, roots, fruits, foliage etc), extracts, infusions, decoctions or powders are used in the treatment of different diseases of humans, plants and animals (Nweze et al., 2004). There is a wide spectrum of trees, plants and shrubs whose seeds, roots, barks and leaves are used by humans throughout the globe due to their nutritional or medicinal value (Doughari et al., 2009). The importance of herbs in the management of human ailments cannot be over emphasized. Herbs play a major role in the managemen...