title: Analgesic effect of Nigella sativa seeds extract on experimentally induced pain in albino mice.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the analgesic effect of ethanolic extract of Nigella sativa seeds on experimentally-induced pain in albino mice.
  
  
  METHODS
  Randomized controlled trial (RCT).
  
  
  METHODS
  Physiology Department, Services Institute of Medical Sciences (SIMS), Lahore, from May to September, 2009.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was carried out in 90 male albino mice using acetic acid induced writhing test as a chemical model of nociception. The mice were divided in three groups of 30 each. Group A was given normal saline (control); group B was given Nigella sativa seed extract in a dose of 50 mg/kg; and group C received diclofenac sodium, as a reference drug. Number of writhings in treated and control groups were compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The ethanolic extract of Nigella sativa seeds given intraperitoneally caused significant (p < 0.05) analgesic effect on nociceptive response initiated by 0.6% acetic acid; although this analgesic effect was less than that produced by diclofenac sodium.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Ethanolic extract of Nigella sativa possessed significant analgesic effect in mice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan. dr.gujar@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Muhammad Usman
authors.initials: MU
authors.lastname: Bashir
authors.forename: Hamid Javaid
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Qureshi
mesh_terms: D000698:Analgesia / Q000379:methods*; D000818:Animals; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D031881:Nigella sativa; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012639:Seeds
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts