Latonio, Juan Paulo R.

February 11, 2014

2Bio5 Organic Chemistry Lab

Phytochemical Screening and Determination of Possible Anti-Alzheimers in Dichloromethan Leaf Extract
of Acorus gramineus

The plant used on the experiment is endemic to our continent and coincidentally, abundant in
the Philippines, which makes it more accessible. The procedure goes as to dry then plant and grounding
it, thereby extracting the phosphate buffer solution within the Acorus. It is then injected to rats
specifically bred for medicinal experiments.
Whatever increase in the rats memory was determined through the classic Morris Water Maze
test. Though the anatomy of the rats internal structure is similar to that of humans, it may take a lot
more of the amount of the solution for it to actually have benefited humans. However, the results
showed that the rats memories were not improved (maze test). But, only one test was used and no
other treatment was done. They couldve included in the recommendations that further
experimentation and use of different tests may yield better results.
Overall, the experiment had the most appeal to me. Alzheimers is a really dreadful disease that
should not be wished to be had by anyone. Any research done to help rid the world of this disease really
helps families. And even though there is only slight change in the rats memories, further into the future,
this may actually lead to something much, much bigger.