Open AccessPharmacological and phytochemical evaluation of Ocimum sanctum root extracts for its antiinflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic activities
Author(s) -
Anant Kumar,
Krishna Agarwal,
Anil Kumar Maurya,
Karuna Shanker,
Umme Bushra,
Sudeep Tandon,
Dnyaneshwar Umrao Bawankule
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
pharmacognosy magazine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-4062
pISSN - 0973-1296
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1296.157743
Subject(s) - antipyretic , analgesic , anti inflammatory , traditional medicine , phytochemical , pharmacology , chemistry , ethyl acetate , etoricoxib , medicine , chromatography
Long-term use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) increases risk of having a range of gastrointestinal problems. Therefore, new anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antipyretic drugs having lesser side effects are being searched all overthe world as alternatives to NSAIDs.