?ANTIPYRETIC AND ANALGESIC ACTIVITY IN CRUDE ETHANOLIC EXTRACT OF CALENDULA OFFICINALIS LINN
Keywords:
Calendula officinalis; Antipyretic; Analgesic activity.Abstract
Crude extractofCalendula officinalis Linn.exhibitedsignificantantipyretic(74.95%inhibition)andanalgesic(27.42%
inhibition) effects at a dose of 300 mg kg' 40 mg kg-'respectively as compared to standard i.e. acetyl salicylic acid
which exhibited 50.5%and 11.3%respectively.Theextract notonlyreversedtheinduced hyperthermiabut also affect
the normothermia in rats. A dose of 20 mgkg' crude extract was found to be equipotent in its analgesic action to 40
mgkg' ofacetyl salicylic acid.The extractwasfoundtobenon-toxic andshowedawidemarginof safetythrough oral
route.
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2000-05-22
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Ahmad, S., Qureshi, S., Rehman, A.- ur-., Rehman, Z.- ur-., & Badar, Y. (2000). ?ANTIPYRETIC AND ANALGESIC ACTIVITY IN CRUDE ETHANOLIC EXTRACT OF CALENDULA OFFICINALIS LINN. Biological Sciences - PJSIR, 43(1), 50–54. Retrieved from https://v2.pjsir.org/index.php/biological-sciences/article/view/1993
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