ANTI-INFLAMMATORY PROPERTIES OF CAPSICUM EXTRACT FROM ALGERIAN RED CHILI PEPPER: EVALUATION AND FORMULATION OF A TOPICAL PREPARATION
TOUZOUIRT, S., RAHAL, F., ABDELLAOUI, O., AITBRAHAM, L., BENOUATTAS, H., CHADER, H., ABDENNOURI, A. (2025). ANTI-INFLAMMATORY PROPERTIES OF CAPSICUM EXTRACT FROM ALGERIAN RED CHILI PEPPER: EVALUATION AND FORMULATION OF A TOPICAL PREPARATION. EKB Journal Management System, (), -. doi: 10.21608/bfsa.2025.382144.2545
Saida TOUZOUIRT; Foudil RAHAL; Ouiza ABDELLAOUI; Lylia AITBRAHAM; Hana BENOUATTAS; Henni CHADER; Abdelhamid ABDENNOURI. "ANTI-INFLAMMATORY PROPERTIES OF CAPSICUM EXTRACT FROM ALGERIAN RED CHILI PEPPER: EVALUATION AND FORMULATION OF A TOPICAL PREPARATION". EKB Journal Management System, , , 2025, -. doi: 10.21608/bfsa.2025.382144.2545
TOUZOUIRT, S., RAHAL, F., ABDELLAOUI, O., AITBRAHAM, L., BENOUATTAS, H., CHADER, H., ABDENNOURI, A. (2025). 'ANTI-INFLAMMATORY PROPERTIES OF CAPSICUM EXTRACT FROM ALGERIAN RED CHILI PEPPER: EVALUATION AND FORMULATION OF A TOPICAL PREPARATION', EKB Journal Management System, (), pp. -. doi: 10.21608/bfsa.2025.382144.2545
TOUZOUIRT, S., RAHAL, F., ABDELLAOUI, O., AITBRAHAM, L., BENOUATTAS, H., CHADER, H., ABDENNOURI, A. ANTI-INFLAMMATORY PROPERTIES OF CAPSICUM EXTRACT FROM ALGERIAN RED CHILI PEPPER: EVALUATION AND FORMULATION OF A TOPICAL PREPARATION. EKB Journal Management System, 2025; (): -. doi: 10.21608/bfsa.2025.382144.2545

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY PROPERTIES OF CAPSICUM EXTRACT FROM ALGERIAN RED CHILI PEPPER: EVALUATION AND FORMULATION OF A TOPICAL PREPARATION

Bulletin of Pharmaceutical Sciences Assiut University
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Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/bfsa.2025.382144.2545
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Authors
Saida TOUZOUIRT email orcid 1; Foudil RAHAL2; Ouiza ABDELLAOUI2; Lylia AITBRAHAM2; Hana BENOUATTAS3; Henni CHADER3; Abdelhamid ABDENNOURI4
1Department of Process Engineering, Faculty of Technologies, M'Hamed Bougara University, Boumerdes, Algeria
2Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Mouloud Mammeri University, Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria
3National Laboratory for the Control of Pharmaceutical Products (LNCPP), Algiers, Algeria
4Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Mouloud Mammeri University, Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria
Abstract
Capsaicin is a natural compound with anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties. effective in conditions like rheumatoid arthritis when administered orally or topically. Despite Algeria being the world’s ninth-largest chili producer in 2012, its therapeutic potential remains underexplored. This study investigates the anti-inflammatory activity of an ethanol extract from Capsicum annuum fruits cultivated in Algeria and assess the efficacy of a corresponding topical ointment in a mouse ear edema model.

The extract, rich in capsaicin and β-carotene, was obtained via Soxhlet extraction using 96% ethanol. UV–visible spectrophotometry and HPLC confirmed the presence of capsaicin and dihydrocapsaicin in an approximate 4:3 peak area ratio.

Anti-inflammatory activity was assessed using a mouse ear edema model induced by xylene. The results of this study demonstrate that Capsicum extract exhibits significant anti-inflammatory activity. A 0.13 g/mL concentration of the Capsicum extract reduced edema weight by 75.13%. Furthermore, a topical ointment formulated with the extract produced an 85% reduction in edema.

These results suggest that Capsicum annuum extract exhibits potent anti-inflammatory effects and holds promise for topical therapeutic applications
Keywords
Capsicum annuum; anti-inflammatory activity; topical ointment; Capsicum extract; Algerian chili pepper
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