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. 1993 Jan-Jun;12(3-4):399–402.

ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITIES OF SOME SPECIES OF ANDROGRAPHIS WALL

S Balu 1, C Alagesa Boopathi 1, V Elango 2
PMCID: PMC3336550  PMID: 22556619

Abstract

The antipyretic activities of the alcoholic extracts of three species of Andrographis Wall, were assayed at a dose of 500 mg/kg body weight in pyrogenic polysaccharide – induced hyperpyrexia in male albino rats. All the extracts were found to be effective in the inhibition of pyrexia. The maximal antipyretic activity was found with the alcoholic extract of Andrographis alata Nees.

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