ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY OF ETHANOL EXTRACTS OF LEAF AND BARK OF NARINGI CRENULATA (ROXB.) NICOLSON
AbstractEthanol extracts of Naringi crenulata leaf and bark were evaluated for its anti-inflammatory activity at the dose levels of 250mg kg-1 and 500mg kg-1 body weight using a Carrageenan induced paw oedema method (acute inflammation). Results showed that both leaf and bark ethanol extracts had potent and significant anti-inflammatory activity. These results were also comparable with reference drug indomethacin used in this study
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K. Sarada , R. Jothibai Margret and V. R. Mohan *
Ethnopharmacology Unit, Research Department of Botany, V.O. Chidambaram College , Tuticorin – 628008, Tamil Nadu, India
vrmohan_2005@yahoo.com
02 August, 2012
01 September, 2012
28 October, 2012
http://dx.doi.org/10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.3(11).4540-44
01 November,2012