Biological Evaluation of Different Extracts of Aerial Parts of Nepeta deflersiana and Standardization of Active Extracts Using 8-Epi-7-Deoxyloganic Acid and Ursolic Acid by Validated HPTLC Method

Table 1

PPAR agonistic activity of N. deflersiana extracts.

Sample name	Fold induction
	PPAR alpha			PPAR gamma
	50 µg/mL	25 µg/mL	12.5 µg/mL	50 µg/mL	25 µg/mL	12.5 µg/mL
Pet. ether extract	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
CHCl3 extract	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
EtOAc extract	1.48	1.06	0.87	1.6	1.2	1.0
n-BuOH extract	1.86	2.03	1.74	1.9	1.7	1.2
Ciprofibrate 10 µM	1.9	-	-	2.1	-	-
Rosiglitazone 10 µM	2.2	-	-	2.6	-	-

NA= not active.