Antipyretic activity of platycladus orieantalis leaves extract in rat.

The study was conducted to screen the antipyretic activity of alcoholic extract of the leaf of Platycladus Orieantalis .Platycladus Orieantalis is a potent medicinal plant in the Indian systems of medicine. Traditionally it is used as a diuretic, anticancer, anticonvulsant, stomachic, antipyretic, analgesic, etc. In the present study the alcoholic extract of the leaf of Platycladus Orieantalis were studied for their antipyretic activity by Brewer’s yeast-induced pyrexia in rats. It was observed that the alcoholic extract produced significant antipyretic activity (p < 0.05). The extract showed marked antipyretic activity in a dose dependent manner.