Antiinflammatory activity of some medicinal plants of the United Arab Emirates

I. A. Wasfi; A. K. Bashir; A. A. Abdalla; N. R. Banna; M. O M Tanira

doi:10.3109/13880209509055211

Antiinflammatory activity of some medicinal plants of the United Arab Emirates

I. A. Wasfi^*, A. K. Bashir, A. A. Abdalla, N. R. Banna, M. O M Tanira

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Pharmacology & Clinical Pharmacy

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Abstract

The antiinflammatory activity of 22 plants used in folk medicine, or indigenous in the United Arab Emirates, was tested using the carrageenan-induced rat paw edema method. Three plants (Citrullus colocynthis, Hammada elegans and Rhazya stricta) showed such activity. Activity-guided fractionation of Hammada elegans extract led to the isolation of a single active compound which was identified as piperidine hydrochloride. Citrullus colocynthis-induced antiinflammatory activity may by due to loss of body water.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	124-128
Number of pages	5
Journal	International Journal of Pharmacognosy
Volume	33
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3109/13880209509055211
Publication status	Published - 1995

Keywords

Antiinflammatory
Medicinal
Plants
United Arab Emirates

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Drug Discovery
Pharmacology
Pharmaceutical Science
Complementary and alternative medicine
Molecular Medicine

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