Abstract

Aims: The purpose of the current study was to investigate the possible anti-inflammatory properties of the three bryophytes species: Archidium ohioense, Bryum coronatum and Racophilum africanum with a view to utilizing the extracts of the plant s in the treatment of inflammatory related ailments. Place and Duration of Study: The research was carried out in IIe-Ife, Osun-State, Nigeria between May 2012 and March 2013. Methodology: The study adopted membrane stabilizing technique of red blood cells exposed to both heat and hypotonic induced lyses with varying concentrations of the extracts (chloroform, acetone, ethyl acetate and ethanolic) of the plants.

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