Antiinflammatory activity of some medicinal plant extracts from Venezuela

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-68

  Abad, M J ^a   Bermejo, P ^a   Carretero, E ^a   Martinez Acitores C ^a   Noguera, B ^b   Villar, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory; Antiarthritic; Bursera simaruba; Spondias mombin; Synedrella nodiflora

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CARRAGEENAN; INDOMETACIN; PHENYLBUTAZONE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RAT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0030453764     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(96)01478-X     Document Type: Article

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