Analgesic Activity of Aqueous Extract of Citrullus Lanatus Peels

摘要

The present study was undertaken to evaluate the analgesic activity of aqueous extract of Citrullus lanatus peels (AECL) using Eddy’s hot plate method. The AECL produced a significant analgesic activity in a dose dependent manner. All the doses of AECL (250, 500 and 1000mg/kg) had shown analgesic activity. The reaction time obtained for these three doses after 90 minutes of drug administration was found out to be 5.15 mins, 8.92 mins and 10.82 mins respectively which was comparable to Diclofenac sodium (5 mg/kg) that showed the reaction time of 12.36 mins. It was concluded that the AECL has good analgesic potential and may be adopted as alternative to conventional NSAIDS.