Evaluation of anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic activities of Thymus serphyllum Linn. in mice.

The present study was conducted to evaluate the analgesic, anti-inflammatory and antipyretic activities of Thymus serphyllum Linn. in mice. Anti-inflammatory activity was evaluated by carrageenan and egg albumin induced paw edema in mice, while analgesic activity was assessed using formalin induced paw licking and acetic acid induced abdominal writhing in mice.

Poly[[di-μ-aqua-(μ-4-formyl-2-meth-oxy-phenol-ato)disodium] 4-formyl-2-meth-oxy-phenolate].

In the title coordination polymer, {[Na(2)(C(8)H(7)O(3))(H(2)O)(4)](C(8)H(7)O(3))}(n), all the non-H atoms except the water O atoms lie on a crystallographic mirror plane. One sodium cation is bonded to four water O atoms and one vanillinate O atom in a distorted square-based pyramidal arrangement; the other Na(+) ion is six-coordinated by four water O atoms and two vanillinate O atoms in an irregular geometry. One of the vanillinate anions is directly bonded to two sodium ions, whilst the other only inter-acts with the polymeric network by way of hydrogen bonds.