title: Analgesic and anti-inflammatory activity of Crinum glaucum aqueous extract.
abstract: The anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects of the aqueous extract of Crinum glaucum were evaluated in mice and rats using the carrageenan- and dextran-induced paw oedema, acetic acid-induced writhing, cold water tail flick and formalin pain tests. The extract (100-400 mg/kg) and acetylsalicylic acid (100 mg/kg) produced a significant (P<0.05) inhibition of the second phase response in the formalin pain model, while only the high dose (400 mg/kg) of the extract showed an antinociceptive effect in the first phase. The extract also showed a dose-dependent inhibition of acetic acid-induced abdominal writhes. The tail flick latency was dose dependently enhanced by the extract but this was significantly (P<0.05) lower than that produced by morphine (2 mg/kg). The extract (125-500 mg/kg) administered 1 h before or after carrageenan-induced paw swelling produced a dose dependent inhibition of the oedema. No effect was observed with the dextran-induced oedema model. The data obtained suggest that the anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects of the extract may be mediated via both peripheral and central mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, P.M.B. 12003, Lagos, Nigeria.
authors.forename: S O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Okpo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fatokun
authors.forename: O O
authors.initials: OO
authors.lastname: Adeyemi
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000627:therapeutic use* / Q000633:toxicity; D000818:Animals; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000627:therapeutic use* / Q000633:toxicity; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D007928:Lethal Dose 50; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D010936:Plant Extracts