Six medicinal plant extracts from Venezuela, used in traditional medicine, were investigated for their anti-inflammatory potential against adjuvant-carrageenan-induced inflammation (ACII). All doses expressed here are as equivalents of dried starting plant materials (1.50 g dry plant/kg body wt.). The most interesting plant extracts were Synedrella nodiflora, and the hexane leaf extract of Bursera simaruba. In ACII, orally administered extracts (at doses 40 and 80 mg/kg, respectively), inhibited both the acute and chronic phases of this experimental model of inflammation, mainly the chronic phase. These extracts exhibited potent anti-inflammatory activity daily throughout the experiment, and were as effective as reference drugs, phenylbutazone (80 mg/kg) and indomethacin (3 mg/kg).
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M.J., A., P., B., E., C., C., M.-A., B., N., & A., V. (1996). Antiinflammatory activity of some medicinal plant extracts from Venezuela. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 55(1), 63–68. Retrieved from http://www.embase.com/search/results?subaction=viewrecord&from=export&id=L27053976 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0378-8741(96)01478-X
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