eng Ansari Education and Research Society Journal of Ultra Scientist of Physical Sciences April 2010 22 1 137 142 juc 909 article Huma Ali 1 Janak Ahi 2 N. Ganesh 1 Department of Research, Jawaharlal Nehru Cancer Hospital & Research Center, Idgah Hills, Bhopal (INDIA) Department of Zoology, Dr. Hair Sing Gour, Central University, Sagar (M.P.) INDIA) <p style="text-align: justify;">There are no experimental reports on anti-inflammatory activities of <em>Eichornia crassipes </em>in literature. In this article, we report for the first time, the efficiency of <em>Eichornia crassipes</em> extract in the treatment against inflammation. The methanolic extract of <em>Eichornia crassipes</em> leaves were investigated for the evaluation of their anti-inflammatory potential on carrageenan-induced paw oedema in Wister rats. Leaf extract of <em>Eichornia crassipes </em>in dose 200mg/kg (P &lt; 0.05) and 500mg/kg (P &lt; 0.01) on orally administration gave significant reduction of rat paw oedema at all assessment times. The <em>Eichornia crassipes </em>leaf extract showed maximum inhibition of 52.54% at the dose of 500mg/kg after 4 hrs. Where as the standard drug showed 62.38% of inhibition. These observations revealed that <em>Eichornia crassipes </em>has significant anti-inflammatory property.<br /> &nbsp;</p> https://ultraphysicalsciences.org/paper/909/ Anti-inflammatory activity Eichornia crassipes carrageenan-induced paw oedema.