Antiinflammatory Activity of Some Medicinal Plants of the United Arab Emirates
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Pharmacognosy
- Vol. 33 (2) , 124-128
- https://doi.org/10.3109/13880209509055211
Abstract
The antiinflammatory activity of 22 plants used in folk medicine, or indigenous in the United Arab Emirates, was tested using the carrageenan-induced rat paw edema method. Three plants (Citrullus colocynthis, Hammada elegans and Rhazya stricta) showed such activity. Activity-guided fractionation of Hammada elegans extract led to the isolation of a single active compound which was identified as piperidine hydrochloride. Citrullus colocynthis-m^aced antiinflammatory activity may by due to loss of body water.Keywords
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