Wednesday, 20 September 2017

PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS AND THE ANTI- INFLAMMATORY ACTIVITIES OF METHANOL EXTRACT OF CRATEVA ADANSONII



Inflammation  is  a  complex  biological  response  of vascular  tissue  to harmful  stimuli  such as  pathogen, damage cells or irritants. The urgency generated by in increased rate of stroke, atheroselerosis attributed to prolong use of cyclooxygenase-1 and 2 inhibitors have acceralated  anti-inflammatory  drug research over the last  decade  while  synthetic  pharmaceutical  agents continued to dominate research, attention increasingly has been directed to natural products. These are often more  affordable  and  available  and  sometimes  are perceived  as  more  effective  than  conventional  anti- inflammatory drugs.

Anti-inflammation was carried out using 11 rats. That was divided into three groups of four rats each. Group 1 and  2  served  as  the  positive  and  negative  control respectively. Groups 3 and 4 received 200mg/kg b.w and  600mg/kg  b.w.  of  the  extracts  respectively. However,  it  was  discovered  that  the  stem  bark  of
crateva  Adansonii     showed  greater  significance  anti-
inflammatory activity when compared with the standard. 

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