Research Article
Role of Dried Fruits of Carissa carandas as Anti-Inflammatory Agents and the Analysis of Phytochemical Constituents by GC-MS
Table 3
Anti-inflammatory activity of methanol extract of dried fruit of Carissa carandas.
| Group | Sample | Amount of sample | Increase in paw volume (min) | % decrease in paw volume | 30 | 60 | 90 | 120 |
| I | Control | 1 mL/kg | 0.198 ± 0.01 | 0.35 ± 0.027 | 0.64 ± 0.021 | 0.77 ± 0.005 | — | II | Standard | 50 mg/kg | 0.13 ± 0.021** | 0.17 ± 0.016** | 0.35 ± 0.021** | 0.27 ± 0.016** | 80.63 | III | Methanol extract | 100 mg/kg | 0.21 ± 0.005** | 0.29 ± 0.005** | 0.48 ± 0.005** | 0.57 ± 0.005** | 33.7 | IV | Methanol extract | 200 mg/kg | 0.19 ± 0.01** | 0.22 ± 0.01** | 0.4 ± 0.01** | 0.45 ± 0.01** | 60.95 | V | Methanol extract | 400 mg/kg | 0.17 ± 0.01** | 0.2 ± 0.01** | 0.34 ± 0.05** | 0.37 ± 0.01** | 76.12 |
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The mean difference is significant at the 0.05 level, when compared to the control group.
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