Studies on in vivo antitussive activity of Leucas lavandulaefolia using a cough model induced by sulfur dioxide gas in mice

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 89-92

  Saha, Kakali ^a   Mukherjee, Pulok K ^a   Murugesan, T ^a   Saha, B P ^a   Pal, M ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antitussive; Cough; Leucas lavandulaefolia; Methanol extract; Sulfur dioxide

Indexed keywords

ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; CODEINE PHOSPHATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; INDIA; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; ANTITUSSIVE AGENTS; CODEINE; COUGH; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 0030761919     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(97)00050-0     Document Type: Article

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