title: Anti histaminic activity of cissus quadragularis.
abstract: Anti histaminic activity of cissus quadrangularis stem powder was carried out determining the histamine activity and histamine content in carrageenin induced rat paw swelling model and formalin induced peritonitis respectively. The crude powder at the dose of 100mg/1QQ00 gm exerted reduction to the maximum of 44% in the early hisamine phase swelling. Further it significantly reduced the histamine content in the peritoneal fluid. For comparison standard steroidal drug hydrocortisone and avil were used.
authors.affiliation: Department of sidda medicine, Faculty of sciences, Tamil University, Tanjavur, India.
authors.forename: V H
authors.initials: VH
authors.lastname: Begum
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sadique