ANALGESIC AND ANTI-INFLAMATORY PROPERTIES OF ETHANOLIC LEAF EXTRACT OF PLANT SOLANUM TORVUM
Dr. Prasanna Kumar Kar*
Abstract
The present study used two models for the investigation of the analgesic effect of S. torvum extract. Acetic acid induced writhing and pressure tests were selected to investigate peripheral and central antinociceptive effects of the plant extract. Carrageenan induced paw oedema in rat was selected to represent a model of acute inflammation. It shows that the ethanolic extract of S. torvum induced dose dependant analgesic effect against the writhing syndrome indicating its peripheral effect.
Keywords: alkaloids, S. torvum, analgesic effect.
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