ARTICLE NAME:

IN VITRO MILK CLOTTING AND ANTICOAGULANT PROPERTIES OF THE LATEX OF JATROPHA GOSSYPIFOLIA L

AUTHOR NAME

Basheer Ahamed, Yogananth, Syed Ali, and Anuradha

ISSUE:

VOL.1, NO.1

YEAR:

2018

PAGE NO:

12-20

ABSTRACT:

The present study was carried out aiming to evaluate the milk clotting and anticoagulant activities of the latex of J. gossypiifolia. The 500 mg concentration of the Jatropha latex strongly coagulated skimmed milk solution within four minutes (which corresponds to a specific clotting activity of 42.6 U/mg, protein content of 3.8 mg), forming a white and firm curd. Among the three concentrations of enzyme used, 250 µg concentrations showed maximum anticoagulant activity of (20:36mins) in 250 µg enzyme concentrations. Hence, the presented results showed that J. gossypiifolia latex, have significant beneficial effects as an anticoagulant agent for treating deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, myocardial infarction and stroke.

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