Biological screening of Italian medicinal plants for anti‐inflammatory activity | Zendy

Mascolo Nicolo | Zendy; Autore Giuseppina | Zendy; Capasso Francesco | Zendy; Menghini Alessandro | Zendy; Fasulo Maria Palmira | Zendy

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Biological screening of Italian medicinal plants for anti‐inflammatory activity

Author(s) -

Mascolo Nicolo,

Autore Giuseppina,

Capasso Francesco,

Menghini Alessandro,

Fasulo Maria Palmira

Publication year - 1987

Publication title -

phytotherapy research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.019

H-Index - 129

eISSN - 1099-1573

pISSN - 0951-418X

DOI - 10.1002/ptr.2650010107

Subject(s) - traditional medicine , medicinal plants , pharmacognosy , foot (prosody) , anti inflammatory , biological activity , folklore , asteraceae , medicine , biology , pharmacology , botany , in vitro , geography , biochemistry , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology

Plants of 27 families, encompassing 75 species, have been selected on the basis of medicinal folklore. They are being studied in a broad screening programme for their anti‐inflammatory activity, using carrageenin foot oedema in rats. Only 4 species were very active, inhibiting carrageenin foot oedema by 42 to 74%, but overall 72% exhibited some anti‐inflammatory activity.

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