Variations in soil alter availability of carlinoside: An anti-hepatitic compound from Cajanus cajan (Linn.) leaves

Subhasish Das, Sandip Mukherjee, Rakesh Kundu, Pradip Bhattacharyya, Buddhadeb Duary, Satya Sundar Bhattacharya

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Abstract

Agro-climatic factors largely regulate expression of phenolic compounds in plants. Carlinoside, a flavone glycoside, is known to eliminate bilirubin accumulation in rat liver. We cultivated Cajanus cajan uniformly in two different soil types-alluvial (AL) and laterite (LA). The climatic attributes and soil physicochemical properties of the two localities were significantly different from each other. Carlinoside, phenol and flavonoid concentrations were higher in plants grown in AL than in LA soils. We recorded higher UGT1A1 expression in liver hepatoma cell line HepG2 and rats treated with plant extracts from AL compared to LA.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2148-2154
Number of pages7
JournalCurrent Science
Volume110
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016

Keywords

  • Cajanus cajan
  • Carlinoside
  • Plant phenollics
  • Soil and climate

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