Research Article

Evaluation of Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Activities, and Metabolite Profiling of Selected Medicinal Plants of Nepal

Table 5

Anti-inflammatory and antiarthritic activities of twelve sessional medicinal plants.

Plant namesProteinase inhibitionProtein denaturationAntiarthritic5-LOXHRBC

Indomethacin8.63 ± 1.976.28 ± 0.6511.25 ± 2.847.24 ± 0.237.14 ± 0.31
Aceclofenac18.13 ± 1.257.83 ± 0.9313.28 ± 0.2311.85 ± 0.6721.90 ± 2.34
Etoricoxib17.26 ± 1.828.20 ± 0.3526.78 ± 2.6315.32 ± 1.7510.97 ± 1.65
Aspirin15.28 ± 1.9211.95 ± 1.4014.90 ± 0.1215.31 ± 1.9521.28 ± 0.43
N. cadamba35.98 ± 2.9962.11 ± 2.5060.41 ± 3.8846.21 ± 3.3916.05 ± 2.67
D. bulbifera35.9 ± 2.8636.83 ± 2.9266.90 ± 4.0315.01 ± 0.2315.69 ± 2.63
R. sativus65.52 ± 2.537.48 ± 0.4821.03 ± 2.7349.64 ± 3.529.72 ± 1.12
C. arietinum29.45 ± 1.4661.65 ± 2.6760.43 ± 1.7114.67 ± 1.9419.36 ± 2.55
C. esculenta13.50 ± 2.9444.72 ± 3.3456.2 ± 3.7448.21 ± 3.3249.23 ± 3.07
M. koenigii28.57 ± 2.3957.29 ± 4.2747.93 ± 2.1642.37 ± 2.3559.14 ± 2.85
B. nigra13.1 ± 1.8140.79 ± 3.1921.87 ± 2.1317.5 ± 2.0914.85 ± 1.92
C. tamala46.57 ± 3.4152.78 ± 6.3611.81 ± 2.5168.16 ± 4.3430.60 ± 2.76
C. album23.47 ± 2.4220.51 ± 2.269.44 ± 1.6268.89 ± 2.3570.72 ± 4.20
A. viridis34.85 ± 3.1515.09 ± 1.9455.57 ± 3.7258.99 ± 3.8420.65 ± 0.91
I. batatas17.22 ± 0.5022.86 ± 2.3961.27 ± 3.9162.94 ± 3.5310.26 ± 0.65
A. paeoniifolius23.18 ± 1.4828.51 ± 2.6762.36 ± 3.9463.96 ± 3.996.22 ± 0.78