Research Article
Chemical Profiling and Biological Activities of Ziziphus Mauritiana var. spontanea (Edgew.) R.R. Stewart ex Qaiser & Nazim. and Oenothera Biennis L.
Table 8
Analgesic activity of Oenothera biennis L. by hot-plate method.
| Treatment | Dose (mg/kg) | After 0 min | After 30 min | After 60 min | After 90 min | Percent decrease in latency time |
| Normal saline | | 3.30 ± 0.62 | 4.20 ± 0.36 | 3.73 ± 0.41 | 4.53 ± 0.80 | … |
| Diclofenac sodium | 10 | 3.70 ± 0.17 | 8.10 ± 0.45 | 9.23 ± 0.37 | 10.60 ± 0.10 | 57.2 |
| Ethyl acetate | 100 | 3.40 ± 0.62 | 4.63 ± 0.41 | 3.96 ± 0.47 | 5.83 ± 0.41 | 22.2 | 200 | 3.50 ± 0.60 | 4.73 ± 0.90 | 4.40 ± 0.20 | 7.60 ± 0.60 | 40.3 | 300 | 3.66 ± 0.90 | 4.86 ± 0.28 | 6.80 ± 0.62 | 9.80 ± 0.55 | 53.7 |
| Ethanol | 100 | 3.46 ± 0.90 | 4.23 ± 0.45 | 4.33 ± 0.05 | 7.23 ± 0.95 | 37.3 | 200 | 3.63 ± 0.45 | 4.30 ± 0.80 | 5.50 ± 0.26 | 8.80 ± 0.45 | 48.5 | 300 | 3.70 ± 0.85 | 4.50 ± 0.90 | 6.43 ± 0.25 | 11.20 ± 0.40 | 59.5 |
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Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. Significance is shown as significant, more significant, and highly significant. |