Anti-inflammatory activity of Urera baccifera (Urticaceae) in Sprague-Dawley rats

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 365-371

  Badilla, Beatriz ^a   Mora, Gerardo ^c   Lapa, Antonio José ^b   Emim, Jose Arthur Silva ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Analgesic; Anti inflammatory agent; Antinociceptive; Rat paw edema; Urera baccifera; Urticaceae

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; EDEMA; HINDLIMB; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLEURISY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; EDEMA; HINDLIMB; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLEURISY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0033187010     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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