Antipyretic potential of herbal coded formulation (Pyrexol)

Pak J Pharm Sci. 2017 Jan;30(1):195-198.

Abstract

The antipyretic effect of the aqueous extract of herbal coded formulation containing equal amount of Salix alba, Emblica officinalis, Glycyrrhiza glabra, Adhatoda vasica, Viola odorata, Thea sinensis, Veleriana officinalis, Foeniculum vulgare, Sisymbrium irrio and Achillea millefolium was investigated using the yeast induced pyrexia model in rabbits. Paracetamol was used as a control group. Rectal temperatures of all rabbits were recorded immediately before the administration of the extract or paracetamol and again at 1 hour, after this, temperature was noted at 1 hrs interval for 5 hrs using digital thermometer. At 240mg/kg dose the extract showed significant reduction in yeast-induced elevated temperature as compared with that of standard drug paracetamol (150mg/kg). It is concluded that herbal coded medicine at a dose of 240mg/kg has marked antipyretic activity in animal models and this strongly supports the ethno pharmacological uses of medicinal plants of this formulation.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Acetaminophen / pharmacology
  • Animals
  • Antipyretics / isolation & purification
  • Antipyretics / pharmacology*
  • Antipyretics / toxicity
  • Body Temperature Regulation / drug effects*
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Female
  • Fever / microbiology
  • Fever / physiopathology
  • Fever / prevention & control*
  • Lethal Dose 50
  • Male
  • Phytotherapy
  • Plant Extracts / isolation & purification
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology*
  • Plant Extracts / toxicity
  • Plants, Medicinal
  • Rabbits
  • Time Factors
  • Yeasts

Substances

  • Antipyretics
  • Plant Extracts
  • Pyrexol herbal extract
  • Acetaminophen