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In Vitro Investigation of Therapeutic and Anti-Coagulant Properties of Allium Sativum
L. On Human Plasma
Sadaf Sarfraz, Muhammad Ismaeel, Shomaila Sikandar
Department of Chemistry, Lahore Garrison University
Corresponding author’s email: ismailmeo@ymail.com
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doi: https://doi.org/10.32350/BSR.0401.06
Received: November 12, 2021; Revised: March 15 2022; Accepted: March 31, 2022
ABSTRACT
Cardio vascular illnesses are increasing worldwide and among these illnesses Thromboembolic
disorders are very prevalent. The anticoagulant properties of many herbs have been reported.
Garlic is a common herbal supplement. The current study was conducted to compare the in vitro
anti-coagulant activity of different solvent-extracted fractions on human blood samples. For this
purpose, rectified spirit and reverse osmosis (RO water), were used as solvents. Multiple extracting
approaches were applied to prepare different extract fractions of Allium sativum, both in ethanolic
and aqueous extracts by maceration, decoction, and soxhlet extraction methods. The concentration
of each extract fraction was subjected to a primarily anti-coagulant screening method in human
blood sample in-vitro by calculating their prothrombin time of coagulation. . The anti-coagulant
activity of the extracts was determined by measuring the changes in prothrombin time with a null
hypothesis value of p< 0.05. The results indicated that all garlic extract fractions had significant
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