title: Anti-inflammatory activity of some Iraqi plants using intact rats.
abstract: Five plants (Myrtus communis, Apium graveolens, Matricaria chamomilla, Withania somnifera and Achillea santolina) grown in Iraq were assessed for their anti-inflammatory activity on intact rats by measuring the suppression of carrageenan-induced paw edema produced by 1/10 of the intraperitoneal LD50 doses for the respective 80% ethanol extracts. Acetylsalicylic acid was used as the standard drug. Results showed that the plants possessed varying degrees of anti-inflammatory activity and were classified in the following descending order of activity: W. somnifera greater than A. graveolens greater than A. santolina greater than M. chamomilla greater than M. communis.
authors.affiliation: Biological Research Centre, Scientific Research Council, Jadiriyah, Baghdad, Iraqu.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Al-Hindawi
authors.forename: I H
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Al-Deen
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Nabi
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ismail
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002351:Carrageenan; D004487:Edema / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D007493:Iraq; D007928:Lethal Dose 50; D008297:Male; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D010991:Plethysmography; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D002351:Carrageenan