title: Antiinflammatory investigation of some species of Mikania.
abstract: Mikania laevigata Schultz Bip. ex Baker, M. involucrata Hook. et Arn. and M. hirsutissima DC. (Asteraceae), commonly occurring in the southern Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Sul, were submitted to biological tests to evaluate their potential antiinflammatory activity. Decoctions from the leaves and stems were analysed by the induced rat paw oedema and pleurisy models. The animals were treated orally with different decoction doses. In the induced rat paw oedema test, the animals treated with leaf decoctions from M. laevigata (200 mg/ kg) and M. involucrata (50 mg/ kg) presented an oedema inhibition of 81.56% and 81.67%, respectively, 3 h after the administration of the phlogistic agent. Leaf decoctions from M. hirsutissima (400 mg/ kg) did not show such an activity. Stem decoctions displayed lower antiinflammatory activity when compared with the same doses and response time of the leaf decoctions for all analysed species. In the pleurisy assay, leaf decoctions from M. laevigata (400 mg/ kg) and M. involucrata (200 mg/ kg) inhibited leukocyte migration to the pleural exudate by 28.26% and 54.35%, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Course in Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, UFRGS, Av. Iptranga 2752, 90.610.000 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Suyenaga
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Reche
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Farias
authors.forename: E E S
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Schapoval
authors.forename: C G M
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Chaves
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Henriques
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019659:Asteraceae; D001938:Brazil; D002351:Carrageenan / Q000494:pharmacology; D002464:Cell Migration Inhibition; D004487:Edema / Q000188:drug therapy; D006614:Hindlimb / Q000187:drug effects; D007249:Inflammation / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000737:chemistry; D018547:Plant Stems / Q000737:chemistry; D010994:Pleura / Q000187:drug effects; D010998:Pleurisy / Q000188:drug therapy; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D010936:Plant Extracts; D002351:Carrageenan