Use of aqueous extract and polysaccharide fraction of Thuja occidentalis as anti-inflammatory agents

摘要

Use of aqueous extract and polysaccharide fraction of Thuja occidentalis as anti-inflammatory agents. This patent covers the use of aqueous extract and polysaccharide fraction of Thuja occidentalis as anti-inflammatory agents, which was confirmed by performing the anti-inflammatory activity in vivo. Various methods were used to evaluate the anti-inflammatory capacity.Methodologies were used based on the methods of measurement of paw edema induced by carrageenan and different inflammatory agents, and the determination of leukocyte migration into the peritoneal cavity induced by carrageenan, using the dry extract of T. occidentalis and The fraction of polissacarideos in various concentrations of 3.0 to 30 mg / kg intraperitoneally).In all the methods, was used as a positive control, indomethacin. The results obtained are promising and have shown that the aqueous extract and the fraction of polysaccharide of T. occidentalis have good anti-inflammatory activity, therefore, have the potential to be used as active pharmaceutical inputs in the development of new pharmaceutical forms injet u00e1veis.