Total Phenolic, Flavonoid and Carotinoid Content and Anticoagulation Activities of Sapparin Tablet

Aims: Sapparin tablet, a medicine used for the treatment of blood diseases specially curing blood thickening or impure blood, liver disease in Mongolian Traditional Medicine. The objectives of the study were to determine total biological active substances and analyze the anticoagulation activity of the Sapparin.

Study Design: Experimental study.

Place and Duration of Study: Department of Chemistry and Technology and Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Traditional Medicine and Technology of Mongolia.

Methodology: Quantitative determination of the total active constituents (phenolic, flavonoid, and carotinoids) of the methanol extracts of Sapparin was performed by using Folin-Ciocalteu reagent, aluminium chloride reagent by spectrophotometry.

A totally of forty weighing between 220-250 gm were used. Effect of Sapparin was assessed on coagulation parameters following 7, 14, 21 and 28 days administration of 37 mg/kg, 56 mg/kg, 113 mg/kg to healthy rats. The blood coagulation parameters such as prothrombin time (PT) and the activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) were measured by means of Quick’s one-stage assay and modified aPTT assay respectively in the rats. Additionally, thrombin activity test was estimated in rats with PT assay using a hemagglutination analyzer. The levels of serum X and von Willebrand factor were measured in Sapparin and control groups by ELISA.

Results: The total content of the phenols measured as 5.33±0.0005%, flavonoids as 12.95± 2.21% and carotinoids as 4.31±0.96%.

There was significant increase in all assays except fibrinogen, prothrombin time, thrombin, aPTT. Sapparin treatment significantly reduced levels of serum X factor and von Willebrand factor was significantly decreased in rats.

Conclusion: Results of this study suggest that Sapparin shows considerable anti-anticoagulant activity in animals and has potential to reduce cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.