Biological Activities of Libidibia (Caesalpinia) ferrea var. parvifolia (Mart. ex Tul.) L. P. Queiroz Pod Preparations

Table 1

Evaluation of anti-inflammatory activity of standard drugs (dexamethasone, piroxicam and indomethacin), CE, and F80 on carrageenan-induced peritonitis in pretreated mice.

Compound	PMNL/mL exudate ± SEM (×10^6)	Anti-inflammatory activity (%)
Control	9.7±0.8	—
Dexamethasone (2 mg/kg)	3.1±0.3 *	68.1
Piroxicam (3 mg/kg)	5.2±0.5 *	46.7
Indomethacin (10 mg/kg)	2.7±0.4 *	72.2
CE (100 mg/kg)	5.8±0.3 *	40.9
F80 (100 mg/kg)	6.0±0.1 *	38.2

𝑛=6. *𝑃<0.05 versus the control group.