10^th Asia-Pacific Pharma Congress

Biography

Biography: Hassan Eisa Hamid

Abstract

Plants have been the basis for medical treatments through much of human history, and such traditional medicine is still widely practiced today. Modern medicine recognizes herbalism as a form of alternative medicine, as the practice of herbals is not strictly based on evidence gathered using the scientific method. A number of ancient cultures wrote on plants and their medical uses. In ancient Egypt, herbs are mentioned in Egyptian medical Papyri, depicted in tomb illustrations, or on rare occasions found in medical jars containing trace amounts of herbs.

Elevated cholesterol levels will promotes the atherosclerosis. High cholesterol levels are associated with the increased incidence of coronary heart diseases. Reduction in the cholesterol and the HDL concentration significantly reduces the cholesterol levels.Anti-Obesity activity was performed by using the high fat diet induced method. In the present study an increase in plasma HDL-cholesterol with a concomitant percentage decrease from other lipid was observed. It can be concluded from the present data that the levels of total serum cholesterol, triglyceride which are actually raised in atherogenic diet, can be lowered significantly with  Heliotropium indicum. Atherogenic index which actually rose in atherogenic diet can be lowered significantly with Heliotropium indicum and a very good % protection was seen with Heliotropium indicum and standard drug. In histopathological studies, aorta section of athero diet animals shows marked atheromatous thickening in the intima. The atheromatous inflammatory changes were absent in normal group, standard drug and extract treatedgroups.From this we can conclude that the extract (Heliotropiumindicum) showed the anti Obesity activity.