Studies on the analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties of crude extracts of sting ray, Dasyatis zugei (Muller and Henle 1841)

V. Ravitchandirane¹ and A. Yogamoorthi²

¹Department of Zoology, Centre for Post-Graduate Studies, Puducherry - 605 008 (India) ²Pondicherry University Community College, Pondicherry University, Lawspet, Puducherry - 605 008 (India)

ABSTRACT: Dasyatis zugei (Muller and Henle (1841), the pale-deged sting ray its traditionally used by freshermen community of Puducherry for the treatment of various body ailments. Presently an attempt was made to examine the analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties of crude extract of commonly available ray fish, Dasyatis zugei using mouse assay. The statistically tested data from this experimental study, revealed that the crude petroleum ether and ether extracts of the ray fish exhibited significant pharmacological activities further it was also noticed that, of the extracts ether extract showed higher level of analgesic and anti-inflammatory property in comparison with standard drugs.

KEYWORDS: Sting ray; analgesic; anti-inflammatory; mouse assay

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