Table 5.
Anti-inflammatory effects (% inhibition of hemolysis) of methanolic extracts and their various solvent fractions of Ophiorrhiza fasciculata and Psychotria silhetensis.
|
Test samples |
Ophiorrhiza fasciculata |
Psychotria silhetensis |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| % Inhibition of hemolysis |
% Inhibition of hemolysis |
|||
| Hypotonic solution-induced | Heat-induced | Hypotonic solution-induced | Heat-induced | |
| Methanol extract | 64.03 | 31.20 | 5.99 | 2.02 |
| Petroleum ether fraction | 63.94 | 34.97 | 5.08 | 20.62 |
| Dichloromethane fraction | 38.76 | 37.08 | 12.96 | 10.70 |
| Chloroform fraction | 29.34 | 28.68 | 7.20 | 24.19 |
| Aqueous fraction | 23.84 | 11.03 | 17.59 | 32.47 |
| Acetylsalicylic acid | 81.97 | 42.12 | 72.30 | 41.90 |