Antipyretic Effect of Celery (Apium graveolens)Extracts in Mice 

 -  Pharmaceutical Biology, 44(8), p.581-584, 2006 .
<br/><br/> Extracts of celery (Apium graveolens L.; Apiaceae)leaves prepared in solvents of different polarity, viz., ether, chloroform, ethyl acetate, n-butanol, and water, were used to study their antipyretic effect in mice. Experiments were conducted on white laboratory mice divided into five groups. On the first day of the experiment, their rectal temperatures were measured every 30 min during 5 h (basal temperature). On the second day, the animals were given 12 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>ANTIPYRETIC EFFECT<br/>APIUM GRAVEOLENS L.<br/>CELERY EXTRACT<br/>PYROGENIC EFFECT