Antiinflammatory, Analgesic and Antipyretic Activity in Rodents of Plant Extracts used in African Medicine

• Published in: Phytotherapy research Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 100 - 106
• Main Authors: Forestieri, A. M., Monforte, M. T., Ragusa, S., Trovato, A., Iauk, L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.03.1996; Wiley
• Subjects: African plants; analgesic and antipyretic effects; antiinflammatory; Biological and medical sciences; General pharmacology; Medical sciences; Pharmacognosy. Homeopathy. Health food; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Africa; Toxicity; Antiinflammatory agent; Amaranthaceae; Moraceae; Compositae; Biological activity; Medicinal plant; Analgesic; Leguminosae; Folk medicine; Verbenaceae; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; Plant origin; Antipyretic; Spermatophyta
• ISSN: 0951-418X; 1099-1573
• DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199603)10:2<100::AID-PTR724>3.0.CO;2-I

Antiinflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic activities and toxicity of different extracts (decoction, petroleum ether, ethanol and aqueous extracts) of: Afrormosia laxiflora (Benth. ex Bak.) Harms (leaves), Cyathula prostrata (L.) Blume (whole plant), Ficus glomerata Roxb. (leaves), Lantana camara L. (leaves), Lippia geminata H.B.K. (leaves), Lippia nodiflora (L.) Michx. (leaves) and Synedrella nodiflora (L.) Gaertn. (whole plant), were evaluated in pharmacological tests using rats and mice.