title: [Preliminary pharmacological study on polysaccharide from Urtica fissa].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the pharmacological effects of the polysaccharide from Urtica fissa.
  
  
  METHODS
  Pinna swelling induced by xylene in rats, footpad swelling induced by carageenin and immunity experiment were used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The polysaccharide from Urtica fissa could inhibit footpad swelling induced by carrageenin and the pinna swelling induced by xylene in rats. It could also quicken speed of clearing away carbon black of mouse.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The polysaccharide has the significant effect of anti-inflammation and immunity enhancement.
authors.affiliation: Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 610075.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.lastname: Shiyan
mesh_terms: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D027003:Urticaceae / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D011134:Polysaccharides