Aqueous extract of Sri Lankan Erythrina indica leaves has sedative but not analgesic activity

Fitoterapia

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 311-313

  Ratnasooriya, W D ^a   Dharmasiri, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Analgesic activity; Erythrina indica; Sedative activity

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; ERYTHRINA; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; RAT;

ANIMALIA; ERYTHRINA VARIEGATA;

EID: 0032802691     PISSN: 0367326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0367-326X(99)00027-1     Document Type: Article

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