Analgesic properties of a hydroalcoholic extract obtained from Alternanthera brasiliana

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 279-281

  De Souza, Marcia M ^a   Kern, P ^a   Floriani, Ana E O ^a   Cechinel Filho, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO ITAJAÍ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alternanthera brasiliana; Analgesia; Formalin test; Hydroalcoholic extract; Mice; Phytochemical analysis; Writhing test

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALCOHOL; ALTERNANTHERA BRASILIANA EXTRACT; ANALGESIC AGENT; DIPYRONE; FORMALDEHYDE; INDOMETACIN; OPIATE RECEPTOR; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; STEROL; TERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT; WRITHING TEST;

ALTERNANTHERA BRASILIANA;

EID: 0031822644     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199806)12:4<279::AID-PTR224>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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