Table 5.

Anti-inflammatory activity of AELS, AEAR and Standard drug on Cotton-pellet granuloma induced inflammation on rats

Group	Treatment	Dose [mg/kg]	Weight of dry cotton pellet granuloma (mg)	Inhibition (%)
I	Control	---	41.12 ± 0.32	---
II	Standard	40	15.12 ± 0.09***	63.22
III	AELS	100	33.56 ± 0.21*	18.38
IV	AELS	200	30.13 ± 0.20**	26.72
V	AELS	400	26.85 ± 0.17***	34.7
VI	AEAR	100	35.26 ± 0.19	14.25
VII	AEAR	200	33.13 ± 0.20*	19.43
VIII	AEAR	400	29.15 ± 0.18**	29.1

Values are expressed as mean ± S.E. (n = 6). *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 and ***P < 0.001 compared with vehicle control (ANOVA followed by Dunnet’s t-test).