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Volume 31, No. (3), 2021 (June)
EVALUATION OF ANTI-INFLAMMATORY, ANALGESIC AND ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITIES OF SALSOLA IMBRICATA FORSSK IN RATS
K. H. Janbaz1, N. Aslam1*, I. Imran1 and Q. Jabeen2

1Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

2Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy and Alternative Medicine, the Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan

Corresponding Author: naveedbwppk@yahoo.com
Page Number(s): 862-867
Published Online First: November 20, 2020
Publication Date: November 20, 2020
ABSTRACT

Salsola imbricata has folkloric repute in the treatment of painful and inflammatory conditions. Therefore, present study was undertaken to assess the anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic activities of aqueous-ethanol crude extract of S. imbricata (Si.Cr) using models of carrageenan-induced paw edema, 4% NaCl-mediated abdominal writhing, formalin-induced paw licking and brewer’s yeast-mediated pyrexia in rats. The Si.Cr (100, 300 and 500 mg/kg, p.o.) significantly (p<0.001) inhibited carrageenan-induced paw edema in rats as compared to the saline treated control group. It inhibited writhes induced by intraperitoneal injection of 4% NaCl (p<0.001) as compared to the control group. In the first phase of formalin-induced paw licking test, Si.Cr (100 and 300 mg/kg) did not cause significant inhibition of nociception in rats, but at the dose of 500 mg/kg, it produced significant (p<0.05) reduction in time of licking paw by rats. Oral administration of Si.Cr (100, 300 and 500 mg/kg) reduced time of licking paw during the second phase of the formalin test. In addition, Si.Cr exhibited significant (p<0.001) antipyretic activity in brewer’s yeast-induced pyrexia in rats. This study, showing the presence of anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic activities in Si.Cr, supports uses of the plant in folk medicine.

Keywords: Chenopodiaceae; carrageenan; formalin test; NaCl writhing test; yeast induced pyrexia

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