1. Evaluation of antipyretic potential of Leucas lavandulaefolia (Labiatae) aerial part extract.
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Mukherjee K, Saha BP, and Mukherjee PK
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- Analgesics, Non-Narcotic administration & dosage, Analgesics, Non-Narcotic therapeutic use, Animals, Body Temperature drug effects, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Female, Fever chemically induced, Male, Plant Extracts administration & dosage, Plant Extracts therapeutic use, Plant Stems, Rats, Yeasts, Analgesics, Non-Narcotic pharmacology, Fever drug therapy, Lamiaceae, Phytotherapy, Plant Extracts pharmacology
- Abstract
Methanol extract of Leucas lavandulaefolia (LLFE) was subjected to antipyretic evaluation with yeast-induced pyrexia in rats. A yeast suspension (10 mL/kg, s.c.) increased the rectal temperature 19 h after administration. The extract at doses of 100, 200, 400 mg/kg (i.p.) produced significant dose dependent lowering of body temperature in yeast-provoked elevation of body temperature in rats. The antipyretic effect produced was comparable to that of a standard antipyretic drug, paracetamol., (Copyright 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.)
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- 2002
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