Analgesic and ulcerrogenic effect of methanolic extract of melilotus officinalis

in traditional medicine,some plants are used as analgesic.the aim of this investigation was to evaluate the analgesis effect of melilotus officinalis.which is used traditionally to relieve rheumatic pain,migrian and as anti-inflammatory agent.for this purpose different doses of the suxheleted and percolated extract of melilotus officinalis,were injected intraperiotoneally to mice and the analgesic effect was determined by tail flick and formalin tests.the results showed that ,suxheleted methanolic extract with doses of ۵۰,۱۰۰,۲۰۰ and ۳۰۰ mg/kg induced significant analgesia effect in comparsion wuth the control group (p<۰.۰۱).the maximum analgesic effect was observed in ۲۰۰mg/kg which reached to its peak at ۱۲۰ min after injection(p<۰.۰۱).analgesic effect of suxheleted extract was higher than percolated one.pretreatment of animals with naloxane did not change the analgesic effect of the extract,therefore the involvment of opioid receptore was excluded in this respect.the ulcerogenicity test showed that the ulcerogenic effects of the extract was lower than that of the same dose of indomethacine.overall the results indicated that the extract of the plant had analgesic effect.

Keywords:

medicinal plants , melilotus officinalis , pain measurement