Background and objectives: Pain is an unpleasant feeling which affects the quality of life and relieving from pain is an important goal in many treatment protocols. Apium graveolens L. (celery) has been considered as sedative, analgesic, carminative, antispasmodic and diuretic in Iranian traditional medicine. The aim of present study was to evaluate the anti-n...

the genus artemisia is estimated to comprise over 800 species with anti-cancer, anti-fungal, anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. artemisia fragrans ( a. fragrans ), a species that belongs to genus artemisia , is rich in monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes derivatives. due to anti-inflammatory properties of monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes, we aimed to investigate the effect of a. fragrans...

introduction: glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice) root, a member of the pea family has been used since ancient times as both food and medicine. licorice has been used as an antioxidant, antimicrobial and anti inflammatory in researches .extraction of this medical plant is used as the basis of anti-ulcer medicine for treatment of peptic ulcer. patients and methods: in the present study, licorice decoc...

This study investigated antipruritic and anti-inflammatory effect of Centella asiatica extract in rats and anti-allergic in vitro using sheep (Capra hircus) serum method and compound 48/80 induced mast cell degranulation method, compared with standard drug ketotifen fumarate. In rats, extract of Centella asiatica administered orally was examined for anti-pruritic study and chlorpheniramine male...

derivatives of thiazolidinone ring systems are known to act as anti-hiv infections , analgesic, anti-bacterial, anti-convulsant, anti parasitic, potential anti-inflammatory and herbicidal agents. due biological activities of thiazolidinones ring, several methods for their synthesis have been illustrated in literature. imidazolidine-2-thiones were synthesized by the oxidative cyclization of 1-be...

      Anti-inflammatory activity has been reported for a few of antidepressant drugs and in contrary sertraline has potentiated inflammation. In this study, anti-inflammatory effect of a collection of antidepressant drugs belonging to different classes was evaluated to help a rational selection of these drugs in disease conditions such as association of depression or anxiety with inflammatory d...

objective(s):recently anti-inflammatory effects of antidepressants have been demonstrated. venlafaxine belongs to newer antidepressants with serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibition property. the pain alleviating properties of venlafaxine in different pain models such as neurogenic pain, diabetic neuropathy, and fibromyalgia have been demonstrated. anti-inflammatory effects of venlafaxine a...

Marine saponins are naturally glycosides compounds which possess important biomedical properties such as anti-cancer, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory. Nevertheless, no systematic studies on the anti-inflammatory potential of brittle star saponin and its underlying mechanisms have been reported. In this study, Ophiocoma erinaceus extracted saponin was investigated for its in vitro anti-inflamm...

cansjera rheedii is widely used as a traditional medicine for the treatment and control of a variety of human inflammatory ailments by the fishermen of auroville.   in the present study, the anti-inflammatory and membrane stabilizing property of ethanol extract of cansjera rheedii j. gmelin (eecr) was evaluated in rat using the human red blood cells (hrbc) membrane stabilization method and carr...

Objective(s):Recently anti-inflammatory effects of antidepressants have been demonstrated. Venlafaxine belongs to newer antidepressants with serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibition property. The pain alleviating properties of venlafaxine in different pain models such as neurogenic pain, diabetic neuropathy, and fibromyalgia have been demonstrated. Anti-inflammatory effects of venlafaxine a...