| Abstract: | The antiinflammatory and liver protective effect of water extracts of Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) Gray (aerial part), T. diversifolia (stem) and Dicliptera chinensis Juss. (aerial part) against paw oedema induced by carrageenan and acute hepatic damage induced by CCI4 were determined in rats. The results indicated that treatment with a water extract of the aerial part of T. diversifolia decreased the paw oedema induced by carrageenan (p < 0.001) and the GOT, GPT level elevation caused by CCI4 were reduced (p < 0.01). The pathological changes of hepatic lesions caused by CCI4 were improved by treatment with the drug extracts mentioned above. |
