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Anti-nocicceptive and anti-oedematotogenic effects of Bumelia sartorum bark were tested by experimental models of nocciception in mouse and paw oedema induced by carrageenin in rats. The aquous extract (0,2 and 0,4 g/kg) reduced 37% and 68,8% the nocicception produced by acetic acid; the formalin (1%) reductive effect was 26,6% and 30% in the first phase and 75,9% and 18,9% in the second phase. In the formalin test the nocicceptive effect of the B. sartorum bark aquous extract, as well as the morfine, was reversed by nalaxone (5 mg/kg). In the paw oedema test induced by carrageenin (1%) the B. sartorum aquous extract (0,1; 0,2 and 0,4 g/kg) inhibited 19,4%, 16,5% and 17,8% the oedema. The acute toxicity (DL50) up to the dosis of 5 g/kg was low in mouse. The aquous extract of the B. sartorum bark showed anti-oedematogenic and anti-nocicceptive effects in the tested models, with the anti-nocicceptive one associated to the opioid system.