Anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities of the crude extracts from stem bark of Bauhinia guianensis

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 281-284

  Carvalho, J C T ^a   Santos, L S ^b   Viana, E P ^b   De Almeida, S S M S ^b   Marconato, E ^c   Rodrigues, M ^c   Ferreira, L R ^a   Van De Kamp, A ^a  

^a Universidade de Alfenas   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Analgesic activity; Antiinflammatory activity; Bauhinia guianensis; Leguminosae

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BAUHINIA GUIANENSIS EXTRACT; CARRAGEENAN; DEXTRAN; HISTAMINE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; RAT; WRITHING TEST;

ANIMALIA; BAUHINIA; BAUHINIA GUIANENSIS; FABACEAE;

EID: 0033403549     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/phbi.37.4.281.5803     Document Type: Article

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