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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 4 Issue 4</issue_number>
<issue_period>2013 (October - December)</issue_period>
<title>EVALUATION OF ANTIHISTAMINIC ACTIVITY OF DOLICHOS BIFLORUS </title>
<abstract> lessThan i greaterThan Dolichos biflorus  lessThan /i greaterThan Linn. (Family- Fabaceae) is commonly known as 'Horse gram'. The seeds are used in the treatment of piles, pain, constipation, wounds, urinary calculi, cough, edema, and asthma. The present study was therefore designed for evaluation of antihistaminic activity of seeds of  lessThan i greaterThan Dolichos biflorus lessThan /i greaterThan  in the management of asthma lessThan i greaterThan .  lessThan /i greaterThan Antihistaminic activity of ethanolic extract of  lessThan i greaterThan Dolichos biflorus lessThan /i greaterThan  seeds (DB) was evaluated by using histamine induced contraction on goat tracheal chain preparation and histamine induced bronchoconstriction in Guinea pigs. The ethanolic extract of  lessThan i greaterThan Dolichos biflorus lessThan /i greaterThan  seeds (DB) significantly inhibited histamine induced contraction of isolated goat tracheal chain preparation and significantly protected the guinea pigs against histamine induced bronchospasm as indicated by delay in the preconvulsive dyspnoea time (PCT) following the exposure of histamine aerosol. The results suggest that ethanolic extract of  lessThan i greaterThan Dolichos biflorus lessThan /i greaterThan  seeds (DB) has antihistaminic activity and may prove beneficial in the management of asthma.</abstract>
<authors>ANUPAMA A. SURALKAR AND SANJAY B. KASTURE</authors>
<keywords>Dolichos biflorus ,Horse gramâ€™,Antihistaminic activity ,asthma</keywords>
<pages>346-352</pages>
</article>
</Journal>
