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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.