Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Delonix regia (Boj. Ex. Hook)

Table 1

Effect of ethanol extract of Delonix regia (100, 200, and 400 mg/kg) on paw volume in carrageenan-induced paw edema rats.

Treatment	Dose mg kg^−1	Carrageenan-induced rat paw edema Mean ± SEM*
		+1 h	+3 h	+5 h	+7 h
Control	—	0.36±0.06	0.79±0.05	0.64±0.04	0.68±0.01
Indomethacin	10	0.18±0.03^a	0.27±0.04 (65.82)^b	0.29±0.03 (54.68)^b	0.33±0.06 (51.47)^b
EEDR	100	0.28±0.02 (22.22)^NS	0.46±0.03 (41.77)^b	0.39±0.03 (39.06)^b	0.41±0.03 (35.93)^b
EEDR	200	0.25±0.01 (30.55)^NS	0.43±0.01 (45.56)^b	0.38±0.03 (40.62)^b	0.39±0.03 (42.64)^b
EEDR	400	0.21±0.02 (41.66)^NS	0.41±0.02 (48.10)^b	0.37±0.01 (42.18)^b	0.4±0.01 (41.17)^b

*The number of animal was 6 in each group. Figure in parenthesis indicates percent inhibition in paw volume. The probability values were calculated using one way ANOVA followed by Dunnet’s t-test: a < 0.05, b < 0.01, NS: not significant.