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ArticleTheScientificWorldJournal2014

Analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and GC-MS studies on Castanospermum australe A. Cunn. & C. Fraser ex Hook.

Thankarajan Sajeesh, Thangaraj Parimelazhagan

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Article in TheScientificWorldJournal, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Thankarajan SajeeshBioprospecting Laboratory, Department of Botany, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore,Tamil Nadu 641 046, India.
Thangaraj ParimelazhaganBioprospecting Laboratory, Department of Botany, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore,Tamil Nadu 641 046, India.
Bharathiar University · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present study was aimed to evaluate the analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties of Castanospermum australe and to profile phytochemicals by GC-MS. The ethanolic extracts were prepared by successive solvent extraction using Soxhlet apparatus. The analgesic activity was analyzed by hot plate method and acetic acid-induced writhing test whereas anti-inflammatory study was done by carrageenan induced paw oedema model. The acute toxicity study revealed that ethanol extracts of leaf and bark of C. australe were safe even at a higher dose of 2000 mg/kg whereas ethanol extract of seed was toxic at the same dose. In both hot plate method (5.85 s) and acetic acid-induced writhing test (57%), the leaf ethanol extract exhibited significant analgesic activity (P < 0.001) at a dose of 400 mg/kg. The anti-inflammatory activity of leaf extract was exhibited by the reduction in paw linear diameter by 64.76% at 400 mg/kg in carrageenan induced paw oedema. The GC-MS analysis of the ethanol extract of leaf revealed sixteen major compounds of which 1,7-dimethyl-4,10-dioxa-1,7-diazacyclododecane, (+)-N-methylephedrine, and permethylspermine were found to be pharmaceutically and the most important. These findings justify that C. australe can be a valuable natural analgesic and anti-inflammatory source which seemed to provide potential phytotherapeutics against various ailments.

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AnalgesicsAnimalsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsCastanospermumFemaleGas Chromatography-Mass SpectrometryMicePlant ExtractsToxicity TestsAnalgesicsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsPlant Extracts

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PMCPMC3929379
OpenAlexW2094409065

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