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The present study was performed to explore the effect of aqueous extract of Aloe vera on behavioural parameters of pain. Pain assessment was performed by the tail-flick and formalin tests. A. vera (100 mg/kg, per oral (p.o.)) produced an insignificant decrease in the pain response in the tail-flick and formalin tests. Moreover, A. vera (200 and 400 mg/kg, p.o.) did not have significant effect on the tail-flick test. However, A. vera (200 and 400 mg/kg, p.o.) significantly decreased the second phase of the formalin-induced pain. Thus, these findings suggest that A. vera exerts its effect by a peripheral mechanism of action rather than central.
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Rathor, N., Mehta, A.K., Sharma, A.K. et al. Acute Effect of Aloe vera Gel Extract on Experimental Models of Pain. Inflammation 35, 1900–1903 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10753-012-9512-z
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