ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY OF INDANYLTETRAZOLE DERIVATIVES

A number of indanyl tetrazolederivatives namely 5-(6′-chloroindan-1′-yl)tetrazole (CIT), 5-(6′- bromoindan- 1′-yl)tetrazole (BIT), 5-(6′-chloroindan-1′-yl)methyltetrazole (CIMT), 5-(6′-bromoindan-1′- yl)methyltetrazole (BIMT) were evaluated for the anti-inflammatory activity in carragennan induced rat paw edema in Swiss albino Wister rats for 24-hour period at the dose of 100 mg/kg of body weight by intraperitoneal route where phenylbutazone (PBZ) was used as the standard. All of these compounds exhibited inhibition on rat paw edema with peak actions observed following 3 hours after administration. Moreover, compounds CIMT and BIMT were further evaluated at dose of 50 mg/kg of body weight. Among the compounds, CIMT showed higher activity than others and was very close to standard phenylbutazone.