RT Journal T1 INVESTIGATIONS ON ONOSMA HISPIDUM WALL ROOT EXTRACTS FOR IN-VITRO ANTIDIABETIC, PROLIFERATIVE AND CYTOTOXIC EFFECTS A1 M.Asghar A1 M.Islam A1 H.Saeed A1 F.Imtiaz A1 B.Saleem A1 Z.Saleem A1 S.Qamarand M.Iqtedar JF Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences JO JAPS SN 1018-7081 VO 28 IS 5 SP 1339 OP 1347 YR 2018 FD 2018/10/01 DO DOI NA AB Theaimofthisstudywastoinvestigatetheimpactofvariousextractsofrootsof Onosma hispidumforanti-diabetes, proliferativeandcytotoxiceffectsusing in-vitroassays.Phytochemicalscreeningofpowderandextractswasdoneby employing standard methods. Anticancer activity was assessed by using MTT (3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5- diphenyltetrazoliumbromide)andshorttermproliferationassayonHepG2cellline.Theantidiabeticpotentialwas determined byusing alpha-amylase inhibition assayand non-enzymatic glycosylation of haemoglobin assay. Data suggested that primary (CHO; 68.06 ± 0.19 and Proteins; 9.48 ± 0.27) and secondary metabolites (mg/g); max. Flavonoids (47.55 ± 0.13) in aqueous extract, max. Polyphenols (107.77 ± 0.57) in Pt. ether extract and max. glycosaponins(94.5±0.51)inchloroformextract,exhibitedvariationsamongvariousextractsobtainedfromrootsof Onosma hispidum.Petroleumetherandaqueousextractsexhibitedsignificantimpact(p<0.05)ontheproliferationof HepG2celllinesatdifferenttimepointscomparedtocontrol,whileincaseofMTTassay,nosignificantresults(p>0.05) wereobtainedafterovernightincubation.Improvedantidiabeticactivitywasexhibitedbypetroleumetherextract(70% inhibition)ascomparedtoAcarbosestandardusingalpha-amylaseinhibitionassay,withanIC of80µg/ml.Innon- 50 enzymatic glycosylation of haemoglobin assay, better potential was shown by chloroform extract with an IC of 50 35µg/ml,whencomparedtoastandard-Tocopherol.Thisstudyrevealedthattherootsof Onosma hispidumpossess nutritionalvalueandantidiabeticproperties,alongwithsignificantimpactoncell(HepG2)proliferation. and anti-mutagenic effects (Urquiaga and Leighton, K1 Onosma hispidum, In-vitro,Polyphenols,Antidiabetic,Anticancer. PB Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum LK https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2018-JAPS-513