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International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy

Table 5 Results of the anti-inflammatory activity of the total ethanol extract and the different fractions of C. myxa L. leaves using carrageenan-induced paw edema method

From: Total phenolic and flavonoid contents and antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antipyretic and antidiabetic activities of Cordia myxa L. leaves

Group

Thickness of the paw (mm)

0 h

30 min

1 h

2 h

3 h

4 h

5 h

Control (−ve)

7.38 ± 0.25

7.25 ± 0.29

7.25 ± 0.29

7.63 ± 0.25

7.75 ± 0.29

7.75 ± 0.29

7.75 ± 0.29

Total extract (350 mg/kg)

7.25 ± 0.29

7.00 ± 0.00

6.50 ± 0.41 *

6.25 ± 0.29 ***

6.00 ± 0.41 ***

6.25 ± 0.29 ***

6.75 ± 0.29 **

Petroleum ether fraction (350 mg/kg)

7.25 ± 0.29

7.13 ± 0.25

6.88 ± 0.25

6.75 ± 0.29 ***

6.63 ± 0.48**

6.38 ± 0.25 ***

7.13 ± 0.25 *

Dichloromethane fraction (350 mg/kg)

7.00 ± 0.00 *

7.00 ± 0.00

6.38 ± 0.48 *

5.75 ± 0.29 ***

4.63 ± 0.75 ***

4.25 ± 0.29 ***

5.63 ± 0.48 ***

Ethyl acetate fraction (350 mg/kg)

7.38 ± 0.25

7.13 ± 0.25

6.63 ± 0.48

6.13 ± 0.48 **

5.50 ± 0.41 ***

4.63 ± 0.48 ***

6.00 ± 0.41 ***

Butanol fraction (350 mg/kg)

7.25 ± 0.29

7.13 ± 0.25

6.75 ± 0.29 *

6.50 ± 0.41 **

6.38 ± 0.25 ***

5.755 ± 0.29 ***

6.50 ± 0.41 **

Indomethacin (8 mg/kg)

7.25 ± 0.29

6.88 ± 0.25

5.25 ± 0.65 ***

3.88 ± 0.25 ***

3.75 ± 0.29 ***

3.75 ± 0.29 ***

5.75 ± 0.29 ***

  1. The results are presented as the mean ± S.E.M. (Standard error of the mean). Differences with respect to the control group were calculated using the student’s T-test (*P > 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001)