Dr. Salman Ahmed

Analgesic activity of leaves, flowers and fruit peel of luffa cylindrica (l.) roem.

• Authors Details :  
• Kanwal Waseem Khan,  
• Syed Waseemuddin Ahmed ,  
• Salman Ahmed

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Ethanol extracts of leaves, male flowers and fruit peel of Luffa cylindrica (L.) Roem., were evaluated for analgesic effect using the analgesy meter test, a mechanically induced pain model. Extracts at 500 mg/kg, p.o., were tested and compared with diclofenac sodium 50mg/kg as a standard analgesic drug. The mechanical force was applied to the rat's paw and continuously increased. The point at which the rat can’t bear further pressure and starts to struggle to free the paw was taken as a nociceptive response. Readings were taken before and after 1, 2 and 3hr following drug administration. The analgesic response was continuously increasing till 3hrs. Tested extracts produced significant and comparable analgesic effects as with diclofenac sodium.

Article Subject Details

• Pain
• Pain medicine
• Pharmacognosy
• Pharmacology
• Pharmacology and toxicology
• Pharmacy
• Research

Article Keywords Details

• Luffa
• Pain medicine
• Pharmacognosy
• Pharmacy
• Phytochemical investigation
• Phytomedicine

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