Effects of sweetening agents on morphine-induced analgesia in mice by formalin test

General Pharmacology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 583-586

  Nikfar, Shekoufeh ^a   Abdollahi, Mohammad ^a   Etemad, Forouzan ^a   Sharifzadeh, Mohammad ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Aspartame; Mice; Morphine; Saccharin; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

ASPARTAME; MORPHINE; SACCHARIN; SUCROSE; SWEETENING AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030802594     PISSN: 03063623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-3623(96)00575-7     Document Type: Article

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