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Anti-inflammatory activity of Pothomorphe peltata leaf methanol extract
C Desmarchelier1, K Slowing, G Ciccia
1I QUIMEFA-CONICET, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Junín 956 (1113), Buenos Aires, Argentina. cdesmar@ffyb.uba.ar
Fitoterapia
|July 14, 2001
Abstract:
The methanol extract of Pothomorphe peltata leaves, orally administered at the dose of 20 mg/kg (equivalent to 2.50 g dry plant/kg) body weight, exhibited a significant anti-inflammatory activity, comparable with phenylbutazone (80 mg/kg, p.o.), against adjuvant-carrageenan-induced edema in rats.