Table 1. Analgesic activity of aconitine in hot plate test in mice.

Group	Reaction time / s	Pain threshold improvement rate
	30 min	30 min
Control	3.0±1.35	---
Aspirin (200 mg/kg)	5.0±1.42	19.21%**
Low dosage AC (0.3 mg/kg)	4.2±0.65	17.12%**
High dosage AC (0.9 mg/kg)	7.6±1.42***	20.27%**

Data represent mean ± SD (n = 6).

**p < 0.01, and

***p < 0.001 compared with the control group.