Anti-inflammatory Effect of the Aqueous Extracts from Sophorae Tonkinensison / 中国药房

OBJECTIVE: To study the anti-inflammatory effect of the aqueous extracts of Sophorae tonkinensison. METHODS: The auricle edema was induced by xylene in the mice to measure the swelling of ear; the experimental peritonitis of mice and scytitis of rats were induced to measure the absorbability of the effusion. The ear swelling and capillary permeab-ility in drug-treated group was compared with those in the normal control group and hydrocortisone-intervented model group.RESULTS: Mice's swelling induced by xylene was lessened by aqueous extracts of Sophorae tonkinensison(high or med-ium dose), which also showed remarkable inhibitory effects on the experimental peritonitis of mice and scytitis of rats (P