Research Article
Swapnil Sharma, Sonika Jain, G
Abstract
First report on carminative and antacid effects of peeled crude extract of the Citrullus lanatus fruit. The authenticated fruit was taken, dried, powdered & finally weighed. The carminative activity of the extract was quantitavely detrmined by carbondioxide evalution method. The antacid behaviour was studied employing Rossett- Rice test. The Citrullus lanatus extract showed a significant results for carminative & antacid effect (P < 0.05) at different doses and the results obtained were comparable to that of standarad NaHCO3.