Analgesic, antiinflammatory and hypoglycaemic activities of Sida cordifolia

Sida cordifolia extracts of the aerial and root parts showed good analgesic , antiinflammatory and hypoglycaemic activities. The ethyl acetate (EA) ext ract of root (SCR-E) showed comparable antiinflammatory activity with indom ethacin and possessed significantly higher activity when compared with that of the methanol extract of the root part (SCR-M), The ethyl acetate extrac t of both root and aerial parts of Sida cordifolia (SCR-E and SCA-E) showed very good central and peripheral analgesic activities at a dose of 600 mg/ kg. The methanol extract of root (SCR-M) was found to possess significant h ypoglycaemic activity. (C) 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.