1Department of Pharmacognosy (Medicinal, Aromatic and Poisonous Plants Research Center), College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2Department of Chemistry, Government College, Ara Khel, FR Kohat, KPK Pakistan
3Chemistry of Medicinal Plants Department, National Research Centre, 33 EI Bohouth St., 12622, Dokki, Giza, Egypt
4Central Laboratory Research Center, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
*Corresponding Author: Riaz Ullah, Department of Pharmacognosy (Medicinal, Aromatic and Poisonous Plants Research Center), College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Email: rullah@ksu.edu.sa
Online published on 27 August, 2020.
The anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and analgesic activities of two concentrations (250 and 500 mg/kg) of the chloroform and butanol fractions of Zilla spinosa were determined. The carrageenan-induced rat paw edema assay was exercised for assessing the antiinflammatory activity in rats, yeast-induced hyperthermia was utilized to assess the antipyretic activity in mice and the analgesic activity was measured by three different methods (hot-plate test model in mice, tail flick test in mice and acetic acid-induced writhing in mice). The antioxidant activity was studied by using the DPPH assay. The chloroform fraction of the methanol extract of Z. spinosa (ZSC) demonstrated the maximum inhibition of inflammation (50% at 500 mg/kg; 44% at 250 mg/kg). The chloroform fraction showed significant antipyretic activities (p < 0.001 at 500 mg/kg) after 60 and 120 min of administration. ZSC also exhibited significant analgesic activity (p < 0.001). The butanol fraction (ZSB) was inactive in all the biological screening assays.
Biological activities, Butanol fraction, Chloroform fraction, Z. spinosa
