Anti-inflammatory activity of Heliotropium strigosum in animal models

作者:Khan Haroon*; Khan Murad Ali; Gul Farah; Hussain Sajjid; Ashraf Nadeem
来源:Toxicology and Industrial Health, 2015, 31(12): 1281-1287.
DOI:10.1177/0748233713491813

摘要

The current project was designed to evaluate the anti-inflammatory activity of crude extract of Heliotropiumstrigosum and its subsequent solvent fractions in post carrageenan-induced edema and post xylene-induced ear edema at 50, 100, and 200 mg/kg intraperitoneally. The results revealed marked attenuation of edema induced by carrageenan injection in a dose-dependent manner. The ethyl acetate fraction was most dominant with 73.33% inhibition followed by hexane fraction (70.66%). When the extracts were challenged against xylene-induced ear edema, again ethyl acetate and hexane fractions were most impressive with 38.21 and 35.77% inhibition, respectively. It is concluded that various extracts of H.strigosum possessed strong anti-inflammatory activity in animal models.

  • 出版日期2015-12