Studies on the antiinflammatory activity of Betula alnoides bark

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 669-671

  Sur, Tapas Kumar ^a   Pandit, Srikanta ^a   Battacharyya, Dipankar ^a   Kumar, C K Ashok ^b   Lakshmi, S Mohana ^b   Chatttopadhyay, D ^c   Mandal, Subhash C ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Antiinflammatory activity; Betula alnoides bark

Indexed keywords

BETULA ALNOIDES EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; BIRCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ERYTHROCYTE; MALE; MEMBRANE MODEL; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SHEEP;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BETULA; CARRAGEENAN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EDEMA; MALE; MICE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STEMS; RABBITS; SHEEP;

BETULA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0036846612     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.942     Document Type: Article

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