Anti-Emetic activity of some leguminous plants

Crude methanol extracts of the leaves of adenanthera pavonina l.,peltoforum roxburghii l,prosopis cineraria l.,and prosopis juliflora dc.,were evaluated for anti-emetic activity. emesis was induced by the oral administration of copper sulphate 50mg/kg body weight to male chicks of four days age. the anti-emetic activity was determined by calculating the mean decrease in number of retching in contrast with those of control. all extracts (150 mg/kg body weight orally) showed anti-emetic activity when compared with standard drug chlorpromazine at the same dose. among all the extracts,prosopis juliflora showed the highest (73.64%) and adenanthera pavonina showed the lowest (50.17%) anti-emetic activity.