Plasma gelsolin levels significantly decline in several disease conditions, since gelsolin gets scavenged when it depolymerizes and caps filamentous actin released in the circulation following tissue injury. It is well established that our body require/implement inflammatory and analgesic responses to protect against cell damage and injury to the tissue. This study was envisaged to examine anal...

The sedative and analgesic potential of Urena sinuata L. was investigated for the first time in this study. The crude methanol extract of Urena sinuata L. leaves was evaluated for its central nervous system (CNS) depressant effect using rodent behavioral models. Methanol extract of Urena sinuata at a dose of 400 mg/kg body weight, displayed a suppressive effect on motor activity, exploratory be...

In the present study, ethanol and aqueous extracts of leaf galls of Cinnamomum verum were prepared to evaluate the antioxidant activity using 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl free radical scavenging assay and superoxide radical scavenging assay with ascorbic acid as a standard, and analgesic activity by tail immersion test and acetic acid-induced writhing test methods using diclofenac sodium as th...

OBJECTIVE Diabetic neuropathy (DN) is a common complication in Diabetes Mellitus. The streptozotocin-induced diabetic rodent is the most commonly used animal model of diabetes and increased sodium channel expression and activity were revealed in this model. At this study, we evaluated the effect of three different nafimidone derivatives which have possible anticonvulsant activity on disorders o...

BACKGROUND Pyrexia, algesia and inflammation are associated with several pathological conditions. Synthetic drugs available for the treatment of these conditions cause multiple unwanted effects. Several studies are ongoing worldwide to find natural healing agents with better safety profile. The current study was thus aimed at evaluating antipyretic, analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities of...

In folk medicine, Polyalthia suberosa is used as abortifacient, laxative, febrifuge analgesic, filler of tooth cavities, and anti-HIV drug and for rheumatism and various skin infections. The present study was directed to evaluate the analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities of diethyl ether and n-hexane extracts of Polyalthia suberosa leaves (PSDE and PSNH). A variety of tests including forma...

UNLABELLED Adenosine and adenosine analogs induce analgesia in humans and presumed antinociception in animal models when administered both systemically and intrathecally. In the present investigation in rats, we studied the effects of intrathecally administered adenosine analogs, with or without systemic coadministration of an adenosine antagonist (theophylline), on substance P (SP) and calcito...

BACKGROUND Some studies have suggested that the intrathecal use of cyclooxygenase enzyme inhibitors provides an anti-nociceptive effect. Therefore, the occurrence of side effects seen in systemic usage can be eliminated. AIMS The primary objective of this experimental, randomized, controlled trial was to test the hypothesis asserting that intrathecal dexketoprofen trometamol would demonstrate...

the effect of soxhlet and simple immersion extraction methods on the amount and type of bioactive phenolic compounds of c. arizonica woodknots were studied. lipophilic and hydrophilic compounds were soxhlet extracted according to t280 pm-99 standard method with hexane and acetone solvents, respectively.  also, in the immersion method woodknot samples were dipped in hexane to remove the lipophil...

Analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities of four transition metal complexes of a Schiff base derived from salicylaldehyde and glycine, viz. [N-salicylideneglycinato diaqua cobalt(II) dimer] (SGCo)2, [N-salicylideneglycinato-di-aqua-nickel(ll)dimer] (SGN)2, [N-salicylideneglycinato-aquacopper(II)] (SGC) and [N-salicylideneglycinato diaqua zinc(II) dimer] (SGZ)2 were studied in swiss albino mic...