Comparative anti-inflammatory evaluation of five plants of Solanaceae members

Abstract

Inflammation is processed by which the body responds to the external stimulus that causes any harm or damage to the human body. Inflammation is good with some respect and if it grows and builds up in the body will lead to many other complications and manifests itself in the form of pain, redness, swelling and spike in surrounding tissue temperature. Solanaceae members are known to have rich chemical constituents and a variety of them being alkaloids. Whatever may be the chemical constituent, most of the Solanaceae members have been already investigated and proven for their anti-inflammatory activity in many available methods. In research, all five species of Solanum had been compared for their anti-inflammatory activity in two models to determine which has a better activity in comparison to the other. Overall it can be said that Solanum nigrum showed a better activity compared to other extracts and the activity was comparably significant and similar to that of the standard drugs dexamethasone and indomethacin too.