Research Article
Ashish Turaskar, Sachin More,
Abstract
The antianemic potential of Swertia chirata extracts on phenylhydrazine induced anemia in rats was investigated. The ethanolic extract of Swertia chirata leaves is evaluated on anaemia model of rat induced by intraperitoneal injection of phenylhydrazine at 40 mg/kg for 2 days. Oral administration of this plant extracts at 200 mg/kg/day and 400 mg/kg/day, to the rats previously treated with phenylhydrazine, increased the concentration of haemoglobin, red blood cells number, haematocrit and reticulocytes rate.