Experimental study on anti-inflammatory effects and acute toxicity of aqueous extract from tetraploid Lonicerae Flos / 中草药

ABSTRACT

Objective: To evaluate the anti-inflammatory effects and acute toxicity of the aqueous extract form tetraploid Lonicerae Flos. Methods: Compared with the diploid, the paw swelling of rats induced by carrageenan and cotton pellet granuloma tests were obtained to study the anti-inflammatory effects of the tetraploid Lonicerae Flos. A pretest was used to judge the possibility of LD50 in the acute toxicity test. The experimental data are calculated LD50 on mice by Bliss method to evaluate the acute toxicity of the diploid Lonicerae Flos. Results: The tetraploid Lonicerae Flos had the significant resistance to acute inflammation, but there was not significance between the two ploidies. Neither the tetraploid nor the diploid had the obvious subacute inflammation resistance effects. The possibility of measuring LD50 was definite through pre-test. The LD50 of the aqueous extract from the two ploidies were 72.12 and 69.92 g/kg, respectively. However, there was no obvious difference in acute toxicity between the two ploidies. And the LD50 of mice was equal to 412 and 400 times of 60 kg normal human's daily dried medicinal herb expenses respectively. Conclusion: The tetraploid Lonicerae Flos has the significant anti-inflammation with less toxic and side effect. It could be used safely in a certain dose range.