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ArticlePloS one2024

An ethnopharmacological approach to evaluate antiparasitic and health-promoting abilities of Pueraria tuberosa (Willd.) DC. in livestock.

Suman Kalyan Mandal, Niladri Mukherjee, Anindya Sundar Ray, Samik Hazra, Sathi Saha, Swetarka Das, Nikhilesh Joardar, Saradindu Saha, Santi Prasad Sinha Babu, Chowdhury Habibur Rahaman

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Suman Kalyan MandalEthnopharmacology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, India.ORCID 0000-0003-1212-1750
Niladri MukherjeeParasitology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, India.
Anindya Sundar RayEthnopharmacology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, India.
Samik HazraEthnopharmacology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, India.
Sathi SahaEthnopharmacology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, India.
Swetarka DasDivision of Microbiology, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Nikhilesh JoardarParasitology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, India.
Saradindu SahaDepartment of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India.
Santi Prasad Sinha BabuParasitology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, India.
Chowdhury Habibur RahamanEthnopharmacology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, India.

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In eastern India, the tubers of Pueraria tuberosa (Willd.) DC. are used by the ethnic communities for its wide range of medicinal and nutritional value, especially to rejuvenate livestock health and to treat helminthiasis. The study is aimed to evaluate the ethnoveterinary medicinal importance of P. tuberosa as anthelmintic, to verify its nontoxic nature and identify the most potent phytoconstituents aided by in silico molecular docking technique. Ethnomedicinal data collected from 185 informants were quantitatively analyzed employing eight quantitative indices to highlight the use diversity and most frequently used part of the plant. High scores of certain indices employed, such as Use Value (UV = 0.52), Fidelity Level (FL = 68.42%) and Tissue Importance Value (TIV = 1) clearly illustrate an ethnomedicinal lead regarding medico-nutritional benefits of the tuber part used against intestinal helminthic diseases of veterinary animals. Based on this ethno-guided lead, root tuber has been investigated for its chemical profiling by the estimation of total phenolics, flavonoids, tannins and alkaloids, along with HPLC and GC-MS analyses. Anthelmintic property was evaluated with the tuber extracts by in vitro studies on some helminths of livestock and poultry birds, and it showed promising results against the tested parasites namely Cotylophoron cotylophorum, Raillietina tetragona and Setaria cervi. Toxicity assessments of tuber extract through in vitro and in vivo methods were performed using Vero cells and BALB/c mice. Nontoxic nature of the studied tuber extract was observed even in higher experimental doses. Out of 12 phytocompounds identified by GC-MS analysis, one compound [Morphinan-4,5-epoxy-3,6-di-ol,6- (7-nitrobenzofurazan-4-yl) amino-] exhibited the best binding conformations in cost of the lowest binding energy values with six target proteins that include one anti-inflammatory, one antioxidant, and four anthelmintic proteins. The findings of our study are found very encouraging to evaluate this tuber drug furthermore intensively towards the development of anthelmintic veterinary medicine.

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LivestockPlant ExtractsPuerariaAnimalsAnthelminticsAntiparasitic AgentsChlorocebus aethiopsEthnopharmacologyFemaleHumansIndiaMaleMiceMolecular Docking SimulationPhytochemicalsPlant TubersAnthelminticsAntiparasitic AgentsPhytochemicalsPlant Extracts

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