ABSTRACT
A clinical study by Chaturvedi et al., reported efficacy of A. paniculata in infective hepatitis.11 Choudhury and Poddar reported in vivo and in vitro effect of andrographolide and A. paniculata extract on hepatic lipid peroxidation.12 Handa and Sharma reported hepatoprotective activity of andrographolide against carbon tetrachloride induced hepatotoxicity.13
Rana and Avadhoot studied the hepatoprotective effect of crude A. paniculata against carbon tetrachloride-induced liver damage.14 Exploring the hepatoprotective mechanism of andrographolide, Shukla et al., reported choloretic effect of the same in rats and guinea pigs.15
