Pharmacological Evaluation of Trianthema portulacastrum

Trianthema portulacastrum is known for its important biological activities and its various parts are used in the folk medicine system to treat various diseases. The extracts of the plant have shown antioxidant, antibacterial, antifungal, antithelmintic, antiglomerulosclerosis anticancer, anti-inflammatory, hepatotoxic and hypolipidimic activities. Our investigations on the extracts of the plant have shown that they possess promising antioxidant activity. The extracts also showed moderate antibacterial activity indicating that they have substantial DPPH and ABTs free radical scavenging capabilities besides producing morphological changes in the bacteria. The macerated methanolic extracts of the plant have also shown significant antiglycation activity, thus further indicating that they have significant cababilities to suppress the AGEs formation and can therefore act as an antiglycation agent.