Chemical composition and anti-inflammatory activity of an alcoholic extract of Teucrium polium L.

In the Teucrium polium L. were identified, by gaschromatographic and spectroscopic techniques (1H-NMR and MS), beta-sitosterol, stigmasterol, campesterol, brassicasterol and clerosterol. In the aqueous phase of the alcoholic extract were identified glucose, fructose, raffinose and rhamnose by PC on Watmann paper Number 5. Anti-inflammatory activity was tested using male Wistar rats against carrageenin-induced paw oedema. All tested extract shown a sufficient pharmacological activity compared to that of indomethacine.