title: Antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory effects of Tanacetum parthenium L. extract in mice and rats.
abstract: Oral administration of the feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium) extract led to significant antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory effects against acetic acid-induced writhing in mice and carrageenan-induced paw edema in rats, respectively. These responses were dose-dependent (10, 20, 40 mg/kg, p.o.). Parthenolide (1, 2 mg/kg i.p.), the active constituent of the extract also produced antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory effects. Naloxone (1 mg/kg i.p.), an opiate antagonist, failed to reverse feverfew extract and parthenolide-induced antinociception. Feverfew extract in higher doses (40, 60 mg/kg p.o.) neither altered the locomotor activity nor potentiated the pentobarbitone-induced sleep time in mice. It also did not change the rectal temperature in rats. Feverfew extract exerted antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory effects without altering the normal behaviour of the animals.
authors.affiliation: Pharmacology Division, University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kulkarni
mesh_terms: D019342:Acetic Acid / Q000633:toxicity; D000700:Analgesics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000494:pharmacology; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects*; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000187:drug effects; D002351:Carrageenan / Q000633:toxicity; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004347:Drug Interactions; D004487:Edema / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D005528:Foot / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects; D009270:Naloxone / Q000494:pharmacology; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D051381:Rats; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012890:Sleep / Q000187:drug effects; D020903:Tanacetum parthenium / Q000737:chemistry*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists; D010936:Plant Extracts; D012717:Sesquiterpenes; C002669:parthenolide; D009270:Naloxone; D002351:Carrageenan; D019342:Acetic Acid