Sammia Shahid2014-01-032014-01-032013Sammia Shahid, (2013). Screening of natural herb: Abutilon muticum for chemical constituents and hepatoprotective effects on CCl4 induced hepatitis in rabbits. Paper presented at the 17th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference organized by the American Chemical Society, Washington, USA, June 18-20, 2013.https://escholar.umt.edu.pk/handle/123456789/916Phytochemical studies on the aerial parts of Abutilon muticum resulted in the isolation of eight new source compounds, which had not been isolated so far from this investigated source. The compounds isolated were: 3,4′,5,6,7-pentahydroxy flavone, 3, 3′, 4′, 5, 7-penta hydroxy flavone-8-O-β-D-glucopyranoside, 3, 3′, 4′, 5, 7-pentahydroxy flavone, stigmasterol, benzoic acid, 1-tricosanol, cholesterol and triacontyl palmitate. Aerial parts of A. muticum were subjected to proximate analysis. The results obtained were; moisture (8.23%), ash (17.29 %), crude fiber (23.46 %), crude protein (16.13 %) and crude carbohydrate (32.04 %). The ash was also analyzed for its mineral contents which were found to be (mg/100g); aluminium (5.16), cadmium (0.02), calcium (395.23), iron (3.21), lead (0.02), magnesium (193.42), phosphorus (327.13), potassium (443.01) and zinc (21.05). In addition hepatoprotective activity of A. muticumwas evaluated against hepatic damage in rabbits [Table 1]. The substantially elevated enzyme levels were restored towards normalization by the extracts.enArticle