Abstract

A REVIEW ON ANALGESIC ACTIVITY OF MIMOSA PUDICA

Rutuja Sanjay Pachore*, Jadhav Sir and Tushar Dukre

Abstract

Mimosa pudica (M. pudica) Linn. (family: Mimosaceae) is a traditionally used folk medicine to treat various ailments including convulsion, alopecia, diarrhea, dysentery, insomnia, tumor, wound, snake bite, etc. The aim of this work to evaluate the Analgesic activity of Ethanolic extract of Mimosa Pudica Linn on rodents. In hot plate test the Pentazocin treated group, Tail flick Diclofenace treated group, and group given ethanolic extracts as showed increase in latency time dose dependent manner. Oral administration of ethanolic extract at a dose showed significantly reduction of writhing response induced by acetic acid as compared the dose given.

Keywords: Mimosa pudica Linn., Ethnolic extract, Analgesic activity.