INFLUENCE OF STACHYDRINE ON IMMUNOMODULATION IN MICE

The Present study was planned to gauge the immune-modulatory activity of the ethanolic extract and the isolated compound Stachydrine from the leaves of Capparis sepiaria L. (Capparidaceae). The study was extended to research the chemical compounds within the EECS (Ethanolic Extract of Capparis sepiaria). The preliminary phytochemical screening revealed that EECS evidenced the presence of varied phytoconstituents like alkaloids, glycosides, reducing sugars, flavonoids, saponins, starch and terpenoids. The alkaloidal compound Stachydrine was isolated and further evaluated by using UV, IR and NMR. Both in-vitro and in-vivo studies were administered to gauge the immunomodulatory effect of ethanolic extract of C. sepairia and the isolated alkaloid Stachydrine using Phagocytosis and Jerne plaque assay. Both ethanolic extract (25.82% for 70mcg/ml) and the isolated compound (21.28% for 25 mcg/ml) showed the enhancement of phagocytic index compared to regulate (18%) also because the number of plaques proportional to the amount antibody-producing lymphocytes within the cell population after the treatment with extract of C. sepiaria (551.25± 4.26 and 620 ± 7.25 for the 100mg/kg and 150 mg/kg) and the isolated Stachydrine (560± 4.32 for 25mg/kg). The result indicated that the extract showed dose-dependent immunostimulant activity and the isolated compound showed no immunostimulant activity.