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- Title
Pharmacological evaluation of Acacia modesta bark for antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antidepressant and anticoagulant activities in Sprague Dawley rats.
- Authors
Latif, Sara; Ismail, Hammad; Khan, Muhammad Rashid; Rahim, Amna Abdul; Mehboob, Ramsha; Dilshad, Erum; Sajid, Moniba; Haider, Syed Ihtisham; Anwaar, Sadaf; Majeed, Muhammad Naveed
- Abstract
In this study the bark of Acacia modesta was evaluated for anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, analgesic, antidepressant and anticoagulant activity by carrageenan, hot plat, forced swim and capillary tube method respectively in rats. Highest anti-inflammatory activity was exhibited by chloroform (AMC) extract (74.96% inhibition) while other two active fractions being n-hexane (AMH) and ethyl acetate (AME) exhibited 71.26% and 52.87% inhibition of edema respectively. On the other hand, the aqueous (AMA) fraction showed most effective response with 67.06% analgesic activity. Additionally, the significant (p<0.05) post-treatment antipyretic effect was found by all fractions in time dependent manner. The current findings showed that AMC, AME and AMA had significant reduction in immobility time in the antidepressant test, while AMH showed mild antidepressant activity. In anticoagulant assay, the coagulation time of crude extract A. modesta and its all fractions were comparable to that of positive control aspirin (208s). Moreover, neither mortality nor lethality was observed in the tested animals. Overall, the plant extracts showed potent anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, analgesic, antidepressant and anticoagulant activities which concludes that the bark of A. modesta have significant therapeutic potential.
- Subjects
SPRAGUE Dawley rats; ACACIA; ANTIDEPRESSANTS; BARK; PLANT extracts
- Publication
Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2020, Vol 33, Issue 3, p1015
- ISSN
1011-601X
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.36721/PJPS.2020.33.3.REG.1015-1023.1