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<Journal>
<Journal-Info>
<name>International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences</name>
<website>ijpbs.net</website>
<email>editorijpbs@rediffmail.com (or) editorofijpbs@yahoo.com (or) prasmol@rediffmail.com</email>
</Journal-Info>
<article>
<article-id pub-id-type='other'>10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12</article-id>
<issue_number>Volume 1 Issue 1</issue_number>
<issue_period>2010 (January - March) </issue_period>
<title>Analgesic Activity of Taxus Baccata Linn. Bark Extract</title>
<abstract>In the traditional medicine,  lessThan i greaterThan Taxus baccata  lessThan /i greaterThan Linn. has been used as analgesic, anticonvulsant, and anti-inflammatory remedy. In the present study, bark of plant was extracted with 95% ethanol lessThan i greaterThan   lessThan /i greaterThan and ether at room temperature and evaluate for their analgesic activity in mice using the tail-flick and acetic acid-induced writhing method. Ether extract exhibits potent analgesic activity in tail-flick test at 200mg/kg two hours after administration in compare with ethanolic extract, whereas ethanolic extract exhibits significant analgesic activity in acetic acid-induced writhing test at 200mg/kg. The extracted compounds exhibited analgesic activity against chemically and thermal noxious stimuli on both early and late phases of pain by the extracts (100 and 200 mg/kg doses). The observed pharmacological activities provide the scientific basis for the folkloric use of the plant in treating acute pain.</abstract>
<authors>Satyajit Dutta1,Anurag Yadav,G. Mariappan</authors>
<keywords>Taxus baccata, Flavonoids, Analgesic and Diclofenac sodium.</keywords>
<pages>-</pages>
</article>
</Journal>
