Pharmacological Basis for Traditional Use of the Lippia thymoides

Figure 2

Effect of crude extracts of the leaves and stems from L. thymoides on hyperpyrexia-induced fever in young rats. (a), (b), and (c) represent groups of the animals treated with TF, TC, and positive controls (paracetamol and dipyrone), respectively. Data are presented as mean ± SEM (); * represents temperature variation that was statistically different ( test, ) when compared with the negative control (NC). TF, crude extract from leaves; TC, crude extract from stems.

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