Evaluation of some Samoan and Peruvian medicinal plants by prostaglandin biosynthesis and rat ear oedema assays

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-56

  Dunstan, Christina Andersson ^a   Noreen, Ylva ^a   Serrano, Gudelia ^a   Cox, Paul A ^b   Perera, Premila ^a   Bohlin, Lars ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenaria floribunda (H.B.K.); Alchornea castaneifolia (Willd.) Juss; Alphitonia zizyphoides (Spreng.) A. Gray; Artocarpus altilis (Park.) Fosb.; Atuna racemosa Raf. ssp. racemosa; Bischofia javanica Blume; Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertner.; Medicinal plants; Peru; Psychotria insularum (A. Gray); Rorippa sarmentosa (DC) Macbr.; Sida rhombifolia L.; Syzygium corynocarpum (A. Gray) C. Muell.; Syzygium malaccense (L.) Merr. and Perry; Terminalia catappa L.; Vantanea peruviana (Macbr.); Western Samoa

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1 INHIBITOR; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; EDEMA; ENZYME INHIBITION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PERU; POLYNESIA; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CATTLE; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; EAR, EXTERNAL; EDEMA; MALE; PERU; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROSTAGLANDINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SAMOA; SEMINAL VESICLES;

EID: 0030740444     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(97)00043-3     Document Type: Article

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