菊科植肠阔苞菊(Pluchea indica)是印度广泛生长的一种灌木,在印度阿育吠陀以及其它传统医药学派中应用不同部分治疗多种疾病。作者研究了根部的甲醇提取物的消炎和抗溃疡的作用。 100 mg/kg及大于该剂量的根部提取物给予大鼠腹腔注射后,能明显抑制角叉菜胶诱发的水肿(P<0.001),也能显著降低甲醛所致的关节炎、棉球肉芽肿(P<0.001)和尿酸钠诱发的足爪水肿(P<0.02)。当局部给予提取物和角叉菜胶混合物时,足爪水 Pluchea indica is a shrub widely grown in India. It uses different parts in Indian Ayurveda and other traditional medicine schools to treat various diseases. The authors studied the anti-inflammatory and anti-ulcer effects of root methanol extracts. After intraperitoneal injection of 100 mg/kg and more than this dose of the root extract, carrageenin-induced edema was significantly inhibited (P<0.001), and arthritis and granuloma caused by formaldehyde were also significantly reduced. (P<0.001) and sodium urate-induced paw edema (P<0.02). Foot paw water when topical administration of extract and carrageenan mixture