Suppression of carrageenan-induced edema by oral administration of extracts of Uncaria tomentosa and/or Harpagophytum procumbens

Pharmacometrics

Volumn 62, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 27-31

  Abe, Shigeru ^a   Ishibashi, Hiroko ^a   Masuo, Kazumi ^a   Tanaka, Shin Ichiro ^a   Yamaguchi, Hideyo ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carrageenan edema; Harpagophytum procumbens; Mice; Oral administration; Uncaria tomentosa

Indexed keywords

CARRAGEENAN; HARPAGOPHYTUM PROCUMBENS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCARIA TOMENTOSA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EDEMA; FOOT PAD; HARPAGOPHYTUM; INFLAMMATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNCARIA TOMENTOSA;

EID: 0036111789     PISSN: 03008533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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