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Objective:To investigate potential antioxidant,antimicrobial,cytotoxic and analgesic activities of ethanolic extract of Mentha arrensis l.,in different in vivo and in vitro experimental models.Methods:In vitro DPPH radical scavenging assay was used to evaluate the antioxidant activity of the plant extract.In vivo analgesic activity was carried out by acetic acid—induced writhing test in Swiss albino mice.All studies in mice were undertaken at the doses of 250 and 500 mg/kg body weight.Antibacterial activilv was studied by disk diffusion assay against some Gram—positive and Gram—negative bacterial strains.Brine shrimp lethality assay was used to investigate cyloloxicity effects of the plant extract.Results:The extract showed free radical scavenging activity in the DPPH assay(IC_(50)~41 μg/mL)compared to the standard antioxidant ascorbic acid(IC_(50)~19 μg/mL).The extract also produced prominent antimicrobial activity against Salmonella typhi.Salmonella paratyphi.Shigella boydii,Streptococcus pyogenes and Streptococcus aureus compared to standard drug kanamycin at the dose of 30 μg/disc.The extract exhibited lethality against the brine shrimp nauplii with the LC_(50),values of 40 μg/mL.and also 90%mortality(LC_(90)) value was found to be 160 μg/mL.In analgesic test.the extract demonstrated statistically significant(P<0.01) analgesic effect in acetic acid induced writhing in white albino mice al both dose levels.Conclusions:These results suggest that the ethanolic extract of Mentha arvenns L.has potential antioxidant,antibacterial,cytotoxic and analgesic activities that support the ethnopharmacological uses of this plant.
Objective: To investigate potential antioxidant, antimicrobial, cytotoxic and analgesic activities of ethanolic extract of Mentha arrensis l., In different in vivo and in vitro experimental models. Methods: In vitro DPPH radical scavenging assay was used to evaluate the antioxidant activity of the plant extract.In vivo analgesic activity was carried out by acetic acid-induced writhing test in Swiss albino mice. All studies in mice were carried at the doses of 250 and 500 mg / kg body weight. Antibacterial activilv was studied by disk diffusion assay against some Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial strains. Brimp shrimp lethality assay was used to investigate cyloloxicity effects of the plant extract. Results: The extract showed free radical scavenging activity in the DPPH assay (IC_ (50) ~ 41 μg / mL) to the standard antioxidant ascorbic acid (IC_ (50) ~ 19 μg / mL). The extract also produced prominent antimicrobial activity against Salmonella typhi. Salmonella paratyphi. Shigella boydii, Streptococcus pyogenes and Streptococcus aureus compared to standard drug kanamycin at the dose of 30 μg / disc. Extract extract lethality against the brine shrimp nauplii with the LC_ (50), values of 40 μg / mL and also 90% mortality (LC_ ( 90)) was found to be 160 μg / mL. In analgesic test. The proof of significant (P <0.01) analgesic effect in acetic acid induced writhing in white albino mice al both dose levels. Conclusions: These results suggest that the ethanolic extract of Mentha arvenns L.has potential antioxidant, antibacterial, cytotoxic and analgesic activities that support the ethnopharmacological uses of this plant.