EVALUATION OF ANTIADIPOGENESIS ACTIVITIES OF SELECTED SPECIES OF CARALLUMA R. BR., BOUCEROSIA WIGHT & ARN. AND PREGNANE STEROID ON CELL LINES.

Back ground: The study was designed to determine antiadipogenesis properties of crude methanolic extracts from four species of Caralluma R.Br. such as Caralluma adscendens (Roxb.) R. Brown var. attenuata (Wight) Grav. & Mayur. (CAA), Caralluma adscendens (Roxb.) R. Brown var. fimbriata (Wall.) Gravely & Mayur. (CAF), Caralluma stalagmifera C.E.C. Fisch. (CS) and Caralluma stalagmifera C.E.C. Fisch. var. longipetala  Karupp. & Pull. (CSL) and as well as two species of Boucerosia Wight & Arn. such as Boucerosia lasiantha Wight.(BL) and Boucerosia umbellata (Haw.) Wight & Arn. (BU) at intervarietal and interspecific levels along with bioactivity studies. (BU) along with an isolated compound pregnane steroid using different cell lines. Methods: In vitro inhibitory activity of adipogenesis and facilitating activity on adipolysis were evaluated in 3T3 L1 adipocytes. Results: The percentage anti adipogenesis (50 µg/ml ) was also observed  with values of 15.29%, 4.20%, 12.27%, 21.85%, 0 and 9.75% respectively. The percentage inhibition of pregnane steroid in adipogenesis of 3T3 L1 preadipocytes by 1 and 5 µg/ml were 21.22% and 35.97% respectively. Discussion: Four of them are effective in inhibiting adipogenesis. When compared to methanolic extracts of Caralluma and Boucerosia species, pregnane steroid was shown to be potential in invitro antiadipogenesis, and showed significant variations in different cell lines at different concentrations.