Evaluation of antipyretic potential of Vernonia cinerea extract in rats

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 804-806

  Gupta, Malaya ^a   Mazumder, U K ^a   Manikandan, L ^a   Bhattacharya, S ^a   Haldar, P K ^a   Roy, S ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antipyretic activity; Methanol extract; MEVC; Vernonia cinerea

Indexed keywords

ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; METHANOL; PARACETAMOL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERNONIA CINEREA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; FEVER; HERBAL MEDICINE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; RAT; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; VERNONIA CINEREA; YEAST;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FEVER; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT COMPONENTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; VERNONIA; YEASTS;

VERNONIA; VERNONIA CINEREA;

EID: 0041509266     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1230     Document Type: Article

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