Anxiolytic and analgesic effects of arnica Montana extract
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH - Year 2016, Vol 8, Issue 9
Abstract
Anxiety is at the rise in today’s world. Anxiety neurosis is one of the commonest disorder which is found in today’s youth. This particular research was aimed at studying the neuro-pharmacological (anxiolytic) & analgesic effect of arnica plant extract in students. A. montana crude extract exhibited potent anxiolytic & analgesic effect as compared to modern anxiolytic & analgesic drugs which include NSAID’s namely diazepam derivative, paracetamol, etc. Diazepam, Paracetamol were used as reference drugs. Significant analgesic response was observed at the low dosage of arnica montana extract as compared to routine NSAID’s. These results were suggestive that the extract of A. montana possess significant analgesic and anxiolytic effect.
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Dr. Parth Aphale and Dr. Atul Rajgurav
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