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    Potential analgesic activity of Alpinia nigra

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    2016-03
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    BRAC University
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    Karim, Mahfuzul
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10361/7795
    Abstract
    Alpinia nigra, a plant of Zingiberaceae family, content many important medicinal compounds was studied in three experimental models of nociception. The analgesic activity of crude extracts of acetone-ethanol (1:1) of root, shoot and leaf ware evaluated by using acetic acid induced writhing method, formalin induced licking test and hot plate test on Swiss albino mice. In acetic acid induced writhing test, the root extract of Alpinia nigra at the doses of 200 mg/kg and 400 mg/kg body weight exhibited 58.2% and 62.2 % inhibition respectively. The shoot extract shows 53.8% inhibition at 200 mg/kg/dose and 60.7% inhibition at 400 mg/kg/dose. Whereas the leaf extract produced 44.0% inhibition at 200 mg/kg/dose and 50.7% inhibition at 400 mg/kg/dose. Morphine 5 mg/kg/dose used as positive control and exhibited 76.0% inhibition compare to control. Alpinia nigra caused a significant dose dependent inhibition of both the early (neurological, 0-5 min) and late (inflammatory, 15-30 min) phase of formalin induced licking. However, its antinociceptive effects were more pronounced against the late phase of this model of pain. The calculated licking response inhibitory effect of late phase for root, shoot and leaf were 89.4%, 84.2% and 90.9% at the dose of 200 mg/kg respectively. For 400 mg/kg/dose, licking response inhibition of root, leaf and shoot was 94.8%, 88.3% and 92.2% respectively in late phase. Morphine at the dose of 5 mg/kg per body weight exhibit licking response inhibition 99.2% in late phase. In hot plate test root extract at the dose of 200 mg/kg and 400 mg/kg showed significant increase in the percentage of tolerance time (pain reaction time). The peak effect was seen at 60 minutes, 77.3% and 46.5% of tolerance for 400 mg/kg/dose and 200 mg/kg/dose respectively as comparable to 82.1% at 60 minutes obtained from morphine (5 mg/kg/dose). But leaf extract showed tolerance time 59.1% and 52.2% at 60 minutes for 200 mg/kg and 400 mg/kg respectively. The results of the present study indicate that Alpinia nigra has significant analgesic potential, suggesting for the use of this plant for medicinal purposes and may be employed for further investigations.
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    Alpinia nigra,
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    A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements’ for the Degree of Master of Science in Biotechnology 2016.
     
    Cataloged from PDF version of thesis report.
     
    Includes bibliographical references (page 61-67).
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    Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, BRAC University
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