Anti-inflammatory and antinociceptive effects in rodents of the essential oil of Croton cajucara benth

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1447-1453

  Bighetti, Eliete J B ^a   Hiruma Lima, Clélia A ^b   Gracioso, Juliano S ^a   Souza Brito, Alba R M ^b,c  

^a Departimento de Farmacologia   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c Inst de Biologia e Saúde Pública   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CARRAGEENAN; CROTON EXTRACT; DICLOFENAC; DIPYRONE; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; PENTOBARBITAL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HOT PLATE TEST; INFLAMMATION; LATENT PERIOD; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PAW EDEMA; RAT; SLEEP TIME;

CROTON CAJUCARA;

EID: 0033374684     PISSN: 00223573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1211/0022357991777100     Document Type: Article

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