Analgesic Activity of the Rhizomes of Curcuma zedoaria

Authors

  • Mohammad Shawkat Ali Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000
  • ASM Masum Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000
  • Sitesh C Bachar Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000
  • Md. Saiful Islam Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/dujps.v3i1.185

Keywords:

urcuma zedoaria, Zingiberaceae, Analgesic activity

Abstract

Successive extraction of the dried rhizomes of Curcuma zedoaria Rosc. provided hexane, chloroform and methanol extracts. In analgesic activity screening, the chloroform and methanol extracts showed significant activity on Swiss albino mice. Oral administration of the crude extracts at a dose of 400 mg/kg body weight, exhibited 29.5 and 38.0 % inhibition of acetic acid induced writhing in mice, respectively while the hexane extract showed weak analgesic activity in the experiment. Key words: Curcuma zedoaria, Zingiberaceae, Analgesic activity. Dhaka Univ. J. Pharm. Sci. Vol.3(1-2) 2004 The full text is of this article is available at the Dhaka Univ. J. Pharm. Sci. website

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Ali, M. S., Masum, A., Bachar, S. C., & Islam, M. S. (2007). Analgesic Activity of the Rhizomes of Curcuma zedoaria. Dhaka University Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.3329/dujps.v3i1.185

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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2004)

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