[Comparative studies on the febrifugal analgesic and anticonvulsive activities of water extracts from cultivated and wild Saposhnikovia divaricata].

Abstract

In this paper, comparative studies on main pharmacological activities and toxilogical activities of water extracts from cultivated Saposhnikovia divaricata (SD) and wild SD in Qixia county of Shandong province were performed. The results showed that the febrifugal analgesic and anticonvulsived activities of water extracts from cultivated SD and wild SD were primary same. Estimative results of LD50 showed that order of toxicity were such as firstly direct cultivated SD, secondly cuttage SD and finally wild SD. Therefore it was recognized that cultivated SD completely can replaced wild one in medical use.