A water extract of leaves and stems of Psychotria sarmentosa has analgesic and antihyperalgesic activity in rats

Medical Science Research

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 715-718

  Ratnasooriya, W D ^a   Dharmasiri, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Antihyperalgesia; Psychotria sarmentosa; Sri lanka

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000156852     PISSN: 02698951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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