Anti-inflammatory and analgesic activity of protocatechuic acid in rats and mice.
Summary of "Anti-inflammatory and analgesic activity of protocatechuic acid in rats and mice."
Anti-inflammatory and analgesic activity of protocatechuic acid (PCA), a natural product, was evaluated in different rat models (viz., carrageenan-induced paw oedema, cotton pellet-induced granuloma and Freund's adjuvant arthritis) of inflammation and chemical and heat induced mouse models of pain. Treatment with PCA inhibited significantly different biological parameters like hind paw oedema, granuloma exudates formation and arthritis index in carrageenan oedema, cotton pellet granuloma and Freund's adjuvant arthritis, respectively. The biochemical changes viz., glutathione, superoxide dismutase, catalase, lipid peroxidation and NO in oedematous or in liver tissues and serum alanine aminotransferase and lactic dehydrogenase occurred during different types of inflammation were either significantly restored or inhibited with PCA pretreatment. Present experimental findings demonstrate promising anti-inflammatory and analgesic activity of PCA which is comparable with that of standard drugs used.
Affiliation
Department of Pharmacology, Pad. Dr. D. Y. Patil Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research, Pimpri, Pune, 411 018, India.
Journal Details
This article was published in the following journal.
Name: Inflammopharmacology
ISSN: 1568-5608
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Links
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21748471
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10787-011-0086-4
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