In vitro and in vivo anti-inflammatory activity of Phyllanthus acidus methanolic extract

2015 ◽  
Vol 168 ◽  
pp. 217-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Jahangir Hossen ◽  
Sung Ho Jeon ◽  
Seung Cheol Kim ◽  
Ji Hye Kim ◽  
Deok Jeong ◽  
...  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 204-210
Author(s):  
Sunil Venkategowda ◽  
Nitya Shree ◽  
M.V. Venkataranganna ◽  
Ramesh R Bhonde ◽  
Mala Majumdar

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-77
Author(s):  
Zothanpuia ◽  
Bibhuti K. Kakoti

Natural products have played an exceptionally important role in health care and prevention of diseases for thousands of years and are one of the greatest sources of medicine. Mizoram is a home to a rich variety of flora and fauna however; very less systematic survey and documentation were carried out to date. The plant diversity of Mizoram is not adequately studied as compared to other states of north east India. Dillenia pentagyna Roxb., known as kaihzawl in Mizo and dog teak in English, is one of the endangered plants that is yet to be explore. The Mizo communities use the decoction of D. pentagyna bark to treat different stomach ailments, inflammation and diabetes. In this perspective, the methanolic extract of the bark of D. pentagyna was evaluated for its anti-inflammatory properties. The extract showed the presence of flavanoids, triterpenoids, steroids, phenolics, saponins, fixed oils and others exerting varied pharmacological activities. The methanolic extract of this plant was found to contain active constituents such as betulinic acid and β-sitosterol which are found to actively interact with the inflammatory mediators and suppressed the inflammation when evaluated for its in vitro and in vivo anti-inflammatory activity. The present study suggests that the methanolic extract of D. pentagyna bark showed significant anti-inflammatory activity. This study also support the folkloric used of the plant in diseases related to inflammatory condition.


2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (8) ◽  
pp. 199-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasu Kandati ◽  
P Govardhan ◽  
Ch Siva Reddy ◽  
A Ravinder Nath ◽  
R R Reddy

The study was aimed to evaluate the analgesic and anti-inflammatory activity (by both in-vitro and in-vivo) of both chloroform and methanol root extracts of Andrographis serpyllifolia (Rottl. Ex Vahl.) Wt. Methods used for the studies were In-vitro 5-Lipoxygenase inhibition assay and In-vivo measurement of rat paw edema and ear edema in rats, acetic acid induced writhing response and hot plate method in albino mice. Chloroform and methanolic extracts of A. serpyllifolia root have shown moderate potency in inhibiting 5-LOX and shown significant anti-inflammatory activity. Despite the IC50 values are little higher, anti-inflammatory efficacy of these extracts possibly due to other mechanisms apart of 5-LOX inhibition. However, In-vivo anti-inflammatory studies revealed that A. serpyllifolia methanolic extract has shown higher degree of efficacy when compared to the chloroform extract. In terms of analgesic activity in writhing test, methanolic extract has shown more efficacy than chloroform extract. Hence, it is important to isolate the active principles for further testing the anti-inflammatory efficacy.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/icpj.v1i8.11250 International Current Pharmaceutical Journal 2012, 1(8): 199-204 


Author(s):  
Thriveni Vasanth Kumar ◽  
Manjunatha H. ◽  
Rajesh Kp

Objective: Dietary curcumin and capsaicin are well known for their health beneficial potencies. The current study was done to assess the anti-inflammatory activity of curcumin, capsaicin and their combination by employing in vitro and in vivo models.Methods: We investigated the protective effect of curcumin, capsaicin and their combination using in vitro heat induced human red blood cell (HRBC) membrane stabilisation, in vivo 3% agar induced leukocyte mobilisation and acetic acid induced vascular permeability assay.Results: Curcumin, capsaicin and their combination exhibited concentration dependent protective effect against heat-induced HRBC membrane destabilisation, while combined curcumin and capsaicin restored 87.0±0.64 % membrane stability and it is found to be better than curcumin, capsaicin and diclofenac sodium (75.0±0.25. 72±0.9 and 80.0±0.31 %) protective effect. In agar suspension induced leukocyte mobilization assay, the combined curcumin and capsaicin had shown 39.5±1.58 % of inhibition compared to individual curcumin and capsaicin, which showed moderate inhibition of 16.0±3.14 and 21.6±2.17 % respectively. Besides, the combined curcumin and capsaicin had shown highly significant inhibition of acetic acid-induced vascular permeability in rats (62.0±3.14 %), whereas individual curcumin and capsaicin showed moderate inhibition of vascular permeability with 36.0±2.41 and 43.0±1.92 % respectively.Conclusion: This study demonstrates the significant anti-inflammatory property of combined curcumin and capsaicin at half of the individual concentration of curcumin and capsaicin.


2005 ◽  
Vol 317 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaohua Xue ◽  
Kuei-Tai A. Lai ◽  
Jing-Feng Huang ◽  
Yin Gu ◽  
Lars Karlsson ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Mingzhu Luan ◽  
Huiyun Wang ◽  
Jiazhen Wang ◽  
Xiaofan Zhang ◽  
Fenglan Zhao ◽  
...  

: In vivo and in vitro studies reveal that ursolic acid (UA) is able to counteract endogenous and exogenous inflammatory stimuli, and has favorable anti-inflammatory effects. The anti-inflammatory mechanisms mainly include decreasing the release of histamine in mast cells, suppressing the activities of lipoxygenase, cyclooxygenase and phospholipase, and reducing the production of nitric oxide and reactive oxygen species, blocking the activation of signal pathway, down-regulating the expression of inflammatory factors, and inhibiting the activities of elastase and complement. These mechanisms can open up new avenues for the scientific community to develop or improve novel therapeutic approaches to tackle inflammatory diseases such as arthritis, atherosclerosis, neuroinflammation, liver diseases, kidney diseases, diabetes, dermatitis, bowel diseases, cancer. The anti-inflammatory activity, the anti-inflammatory mechanism of ursolic acid and its therapeutic applications are reviewed in this paper.


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