Analgesic Activity of the Rhizomes of Curcuma zedoaria
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Analgesic Activity of the Rhizomes of Curcuma zedoaria
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Mohammad Shawkat Ali; Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000
ASM Masum; Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000 Sitesh C Bachar; Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000 Md. Saiful Islam; Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000 |
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Pharmacy
urcuma zedoaria; Zingiberaceae; Analgesic activity |
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Successive extraction of the dried rhizomes of Curcuma zedoaria Rosc. provided hexane, chloroform and methanol extracts. In analgesic activity screening, the chloroform and methanol extracts showed significant activity on Swiss albino mice. Oral administration of the crude extracts at a dose of 400 mg/kg body weight, exhibited 29.5 and 38.0 % inhibition of acetic acid induced writhing in mice, respectively while the hexane extract showed weak analgesic activity in the experiment.
Key words: Curcuma zedoaria, Zingiberaceae, Analgesic activity.
Dhaka Univ. J. Pharm. Sci. Vol.3(1-2) 2004
The full text is of this article is available at the Dhaka Univ. J. Pharm. Sci. website
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Dhaka University
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2007-06-14
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http://www.banglajol.info/index.php/JPharma/article/view/185
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Dhaka University Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Vol 3, No 1 (2004)
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en
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