Abstract

INVITRO ANTI -INFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY OF COLDENIA PROCUMBENS

Keerthana R.* and Anuradha R.

Abstract

The nature has provided abundant plant wealth for all the living creatures, which possess medicinal virtues. Therefore, there is a necessity to explore their uses and to ascertain their therapeutic properties. The plant Coldenia procumbens is used commonly in Indian system of medicine for various ailments. Hence, the present study aims to open new avenues for the improvement of medicinal uses of Coldenia Procumbens for the selected area for antiinflammatory activity. Ethanolic and aqueous extract of whole plant of Coldenia Procumbens were subjected for invitro anti-inflammatory activity. The results obtained indicate that the extracts possessed significant level of activity; the highest concentration of extract was high effective as an anti-inflammatory agent. However, these effects need to be confirmed using in vivo models and clinical trials for its effective utilization as therapeutic agents.

Keywords: Anti-inflammatory, Protein denaturation, Coldenia Procumbens.