EVALUATION OF IN VITRO ANTI-HYPERLIPIDAEMIC ACTIVITY BY ETHANOLIC EXTRACT OF Hydrocharis laevigaetum HUMP & BONPL. SOUTH AMERICAN SPONGE PLANT

The present study emphasizes the in-vitro studies on antihyperlipidemic activity and phytochemical analysis of an ethanolic extract of dried plant of Hydrocharis laevigaetum by pancreatic lipase activity. Hydrocharis laevigaetum is a floating aquatic plant commonly known as South American sponge plant. Plant was extracted by using ethanol as solvent by Soxhlet apparatus. From the preliminary phytochemical studies, the ethanolic extract shows maximum constituents like proteins and amino acids, alkaloids, tannins & phenols, flavonoids, terpenoids, saponins, glycosides, fixed oils, quinones, resins, carbohydrates respectively. The ethanolic extract of plant was analysed by pancreatic lipase activity using standard drug orlistat.