Screening of Terminalia bellirica Fruits Extracts for its Analgesic and Antipyretic Activities

The study was designed to investigate the analgesic and antipyretic activities of ethanolic and aqueous extracts of Terminalia bellirica (family: Combrataceae) fruits (200 mg/kg, p.o.) in acetic acid-induced writhing, Eddy’s hot plate method and brewer's yeast-induced fever models in mice and rats. Both extracts showed a significant decrease in the number of the writhes in acetic acid-induced writhing and increase in paw licking time to heat...