Anti-inflammatory activity of aerial parts of tephrosia purpurea linn.

The crude extracts of aerial parts of Tephrosia purpurea Linn. was tested for anti-inflammatory activities. The effect of ethanolic and aqueous extracts were investigated in rats to evaluate the anti-inflammatory activity. Carrageenan-induced and histamine-induced rat paw oedema methods were employed to test anti-inflammatory activity. The ethanolic and aqueous extracts [250 mg/kg] showed the inhibition of carrageenan-induced rats paw oedema and also found to be effective in histamine-induced method. The results indicate that both ethanolic and aqueous extracts showed significant [P<0.001] anti-inflammatory activity when compared to control