Pharmacological evaluation of methanolic extracts of Semecarpus anacardium and Tinosp ora cordifolia for their analgesic activity

ABSTRACT

Seeds and stem from the two medicinal plants, Semecarpus anacardium and Tinospora cordifolia respectively were extracted in absolute methanol to determine their analgesic activity. The analgesic activity was assessed on intact mice by tail flick latency in tail immersion method. Acetylsalicylic acid 300 mg/kg was used as standard drug. Both plant extracts were given in the doses of 300, 500 and 1000 mg/kg. Control group received 0.9% NaCl [saline] solution. All the solutions were administered orally. Results showed that showed that none of the plants have analgesic activity