ANTIINFLAMMATORY, ANALGESIC AND ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY IN RODENTS OF PLANT-EXTRACTS USED IN AFRICAN MEDICINE

Authors
FORESTIERI AM MONFORTE MT RAGUSA S TROVATO A IAUK L
Citation
Am. Forestieri et al., ANTIINFLAMMATORY, ANALGESIC AND ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY IN RODENTS OF PLANT-EXTRACTS USED IN AFRICAN MEDICINE, PTR. Phytotherapy research, 10(2), 1996, pp. 100-106
Citations number
36
Categorie Soggetti
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Journal title
PTR. Phytotherapy research → ACNP
ISSN journal
0951418X
Volume
10
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
100 - 106
Database
ISI
SICI code
0951-418X(1996)10:2<100:AAAAAI>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Antiinflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic activities and toxicity of different extracts (decoction, petroleum ether, ethanol and aqueous e xtracts) of: Afrormosia laxiflora (Benth. ex Bak.) Harms (leaves), Cya thula prostrata (L.) Plume (whole plant), Ficus glomerata Roxb. (leave s), Lantana camara L. (leaves), Lippia geminata H.B.K. (leaves), Lippi a nodiflora (L.) Michx. (leaves) and Synedrella nodiflora (L.) Gaertn. (whole plant), were evaluated in pharmacological tests using rats and mice.