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ANALGESIC, ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AND OTHER PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF METHANOL LEAF EXTRACT OF OLAX SUBSCORPIOIDEA OLIV (OLACACEAE) IN LABORATORY ANIMALS

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ABSTRACT

Synthetic analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs have major side effects such as constipation, nausea and vomiting, sedation and mental clouding, etc.,which have significantly limited their use.There is therefore, an intensification of search for newer analgesic and anti-inflammatory agents from the huge array of medicinal plant resources with better efficacy and fewer side effect profiles. Medicinal plants such as Olax subscorpioidea have been used traditionally for the management of pains, inflammatory diseases, yellow fever, cancer and rheumatism. The study aims at establishing the analgesic and anti-inflammatory potentials of methanol leaf extract of Olax subscorpioidea; and elucidating its possible mechanism of actions. The methanol extract and its fractions were subjected to phytochemical screening; oral and intraperitoneal median lethal dose (LD50) determination; evaluation of analgesic activities using acetic acid-induced writhing, formalin induced pain and hot plate tests in mice; and evaluation of anti-inflammatory activity using carrageenan-induced hind paw oedema model in rats. The doses (oral) used for these studies were 250, 500 and 1,000 mg/kg for the methanol extract, residual aqueous and butanol fractions; while doses of 150, 300 and 600 mg/kg were used for the hexane fraction. The residual aqueous and butanol fractions (1,000 mg/kg, orally) were subjected to sub-acute inflammation studies using cotton-pellet induced granuloma in rats; also the concentrations of inflammatory cytokines in the tissue exudates of rats following carrageenan induced paw oedema was investigated. The roles of opioidergic, (α1, α2 and β)-adrenergic, serotonergic, ATP-sensitive potassium channels and nitric oxide-larginine pathways in the analgesic activities of the butanol fraction (1,000 mg/kg, oral) were further investigated. Results of the preliminary phytochemical screening of the methanol extract and the fractions indicated the presence of various phytochemicals such as vii carbohydrates, cardiac glycosides, tannins, flavonoids, alkaloids, saponins, steroid and triterpenes. The oral LD50 of the methanol extract, residual aqueous and butanol fractions was estimated to be greater than 5,000 mg/kg in both rats and mice; that of hexane fraction was estimated to be 2,200 and 3,800 mg/kg in mice and rats respectively. The intraperitoneal LD50 in mice was estimated to be 3,800 mg/kg for the methanol extract; 2,200 mg/kg for the residual aqueous fraction and 1,300 mg/kg for butanol and hexane fractions; it was estimated in rats to be 3,800 mg/kg for the methanol extract, residual aqueous and butanol fractions; and 2,200 mg/kg in the hexane fraction. The acetic acid induced writhes and the formalin induced pain licking effect were significantly (p<0.05, p<0.01 and p<0.001) reduced by the methanol extract and the fractions in a dose-dependent manner. The thermal pain latency was also significantly (p<0.05, p<0.01 and p<0.001) increased by the methanol extract and its fractions (except hexane fraction). The paw oedema was also significantly (p<0.05, p<0.01 and p<0.001) reduced by the methanol extract and the fractions across the time. The residual aqueous and butanol fractions (1,000 mg/kg) significantly (p<0.01 and p<0.001) reduced granuloma formation in the cotton pellet-induced granuloma studies in rats. The residual aqueous and butanol fractions significantly (p<0.05 and p<0.01) decreased the concentrations of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF); the butanol fraction significantly decreased ((p<0.05) concentrations of epidermal growth factor (EGF) and interleukin-1α (Il-1α). The residual aqueous and butanol fractions also significantly (p<0.05 and p<0.01) increased the concentration of Il-1β, IL-5 and interferon-γ (IFN-γ) while the residual aqueous fraction significantly(p<0.05) increased the concentration of IL-6 in the rats‘ paw tissue exudates. The pretreatment of mice with l-arginine and metergoline significantly (p<0.01 and p<0.05, respectively) decreased the analgesic effect of the butanol fraction; while pretreatment with viii naloxone, prazosin, yohimbine, propranolol and glibenclamide,each, had no significant effect on its analgesic activity. The results of the studies revealed that Olax subscorpioidea possesses marked analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities; the anti-inflammatory activity is mediated via the inhibition of pro-inflammatory cytokines such as IL-1α, IL-1β, VEGF and EGF and/or via the stimulation of the synthesis of anti-inflammatory cytokines such as IL-5, IL-6 and IFN-γ. These results also suggest the possible involvement of serotonergic and nitric oxide pathways in the analgesic effect of Olax subscorpioidea.





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