Analgesic effect of the herbal medicine Catuama in thermal and chemical models of nociception in mice

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 101-106

  Vaz, Zulma R ^a   Mata, Luciana V ^a   Calixto, João B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abdominal constriction; Antinociception; Capsaicin; Formalin; Herbal medicine Catuama; Hot plate; Mice; Morphine; Paullinia cupana; Ptychopetalum olacoids; Rota rod; Tail flick; Trichilia catigua; Zinziber officinalis

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; CAPSAICIN; CATUAMA EXTRACT; FORMALDEHYDE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; TRICHILIA CATIGUA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; ZINZIBER OFFICINALIS EXTRACT;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS TOLERANCE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HOT PLATE TEST; LICKING; MALE; MOUSE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TAIL FLICK TEST; THERMAL STIMULATION; WRITHING TEST;

EID: 0031002169     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199703)11:2<101::AID-PTR28>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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