OBJECTIVES The aim of the present work was to study the anti-inflammatory and anti-arthritic activities of petroleum ether extract of fenugreek seeds. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fenugreek seed powder was extracted in petroleum ether by cold maceration. This fenugreek seed petroleum ether extract (FSPEE) was analyzed by gas-liquid chromatography (GLC) and tested on rats against carrageenan and form...

Anti inflammatory potential of aerial parts of Phyllanthus longiflorus was investigated in the present study using acute and chronic inflammatory models. Carrageenan, dextran and formalin were used as an edematogenic agent to induce hind paw edema in rats and the mean increase in paw volume were measured using plethysmometer. Results showed that methanol extract of Phyllanthus longiflorus at th...

Introduction: The estragole (EST) is a phenylpropanoid presents in many aromatic plants used in the folk medicine. Its anti-inflammatory activity was recently reported in the literature and researchers have suggested that it should be related to the inhibition of prostaglandins biosynthesis. Objective: To determine the mechanism of the anti-inflammatory activity exerted by EST. Materials and Me...

AIM To test antinociceptive properties of botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) in rats with carrageenan- and capsaicin-induced pain and inflammation. METHODS Pain was provoked with carrageenan (1%) or capsaicin (0.1%) injection into the plantar surface of the rat paw-pad. The effect of BTX-A 5 U/kg on carrageenan- and capsaicin-induced mechanical and thermal hypersensitivity, as well as the size of...

The anti-inflammatory mechanisms of the sulfated polysaccharidic fraction obtained from red marine alga Gracilaria cornea (Gc-FI) were investigated using a paw edema model induced in rats by different inflammatory agents (carrageenan, dextran, serotonin, bradykinin, compound 48/80 or L-arginine). Gc-FI at the doses of 3, 9 or 27 mg/kg, subcutaneously--s.c., significantly inhibited rat paw edema...

Paw swelling induced by carrageenin was compared in Brown Norway Kitasato rats (normal) and Brown Norway Katholiek rats, deficient in HMW and LMW kininogens. The increase in the paw volume of the former after the carrageenin injection was about 50-70% of the initial volume, whereas that of the latter was about 10%. Pretreatment with captopril, a kininase inhibitor, enhanced the edema significan...

Anti-inflammatory activity of the ethanolic extract of the leaves of Morus indica Linn. was studied in wistar rats using the carrageenan induced left hind paw edema, carrageenan induced pleurisy and cotton pellet induced granuloma model. The ethanolic extract (100 mg/kg, p.o.) inhibited carrageenan induced rat paw edema. It also showed an inhibitory effect on leukocyte migration and a reduction...

Tibetan mushroom (TM) is a fermented beverage composed by a dozen of bacteria and yeasts living together into polysaccharide grains secreted by them. TM is similar to kefir, a probiotic beverage originated in the Caucasian mountains exhibiting some anti-bacterial, anti-mycotic, anti-neoplastic and immunomodulatory effects. Aiming to evaluate a plausible anti-inflammatory property of TM we condu...

Anacyclus pyrethrum (L.) is a plant widely used in Moroccan traditional medicine to treat inflammatory and painful diseases. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the antinociceptive, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities of aqueous and methanol extracts of Anacyclus pyrethrum roots (AEAPR and MEAPR). The anti-inflammatory effect of AEAPR and MEAPR was determined in xylene-i...