Analgesic, antiinflammatory and hypoglycaemic activities of Sida cordifolia

Sida cordifolia extracts of the aerial and root parts showed good analgesic, antiinflammatory and hypoglycaemic activities. The ethyl acetate (EA) extract of root (SCR‐E) showed comparable antiinflammatory activity with indomethacin and possessed significantly higher activity when compared with that of the methanol extract of the root part (SCR‐M). The ethyl acetate extract of both root and aerial parts of Sida cordifolia (SCR‐E and SCA‐E) showed very good central and peripheral analgesic activities at a dose of 600 mg/kg. The methanol extract of root (SCR‐M) was found to possess significant hypoglycaemic activity. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.