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- Title: Evaluation of Antipyretic Potential of Clitoria Ternatea L. Extract in Rats.
- Author : Phytomedicine: International Journal of Phytotherapy & Phytopharmacology
- Release Date : January 01, 2004
- Genre: Life Sciences,Books,Science & Nature,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 186 KB
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Summary The methanol extract of Clitoria ternatea L. root (MECTR) blue flowered variety (Family: Fabaceae), was evaluated for its anti-pyretic potential on normal body temperature and yeast-induced pyrexia in albino rats. Yeast suspension (10 ml/kg body wt.) increased rectal temperature after 19 hours of subcutaneous injection. The extract, at doses of 200, 300 and 400 mg/kg body wt., p.o., produced significant reduction in normal body temperature and yeast-provoked elevated temperature in a dose-dependent manner. The effect extended up to 5 hours after the drug administration. The anti-pyretic effect of the extract was comparable to that of paracetamol (150 mg/kg body wt., p.o.), a standard anti-pyretic agent.