Antinociceptive and Anti-inflammatory Activities of Viburnum lantana

Author: Yılmaz B. Sever   Çitoğlu G. Saltan   Altun M.L.   Özbek H.  

Publisher: Informa Healthcare

ISSN: 1388-0209

Source: Pharmaceutical Biology (Formerly International Journal of Pharmacognosy), Vol.45, Iss.3, 2007-03, pp. : 241-245

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Abstract

Water extract of Viburnum lantana L. (Caprifoliaceae) (VL) leaf was investigated for antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory activities in mice and rats. The tail-flick test, acetic acid-induced writhing test, and the carrageenan-induced rat paw edema test were used to determine these effects. Our findings show that VL causes dose-related inhibition in acetic acid-induced abdominal stretching in mice. VL inhibited abdominal stretching at 100 mg/kg, which is similar to that of aspirin, but this extract exhibited stronger antinociceptive activity than aspirin at a 200 mg/kg dose. VL showed powerful antinociceptive activity, which was quantified by a tail-flick test in 100 mg/kg dose. The anti-inflammatory activity of VL was not found to be significantly different at doses of 100 and 200 mg/kg. As a result, VL had shown slight anti-inflammatory activity compared with indomethacin. The LD50 of VL was determined as 2.169 g/kg.

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