Anti-inflammatory and antinociceptive activity assessment of plants used as remedy in Turkish folk medicine

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 123-129

  Erdemoglu, Nurgun ^a   Küpeli, Esra ^a   Yeşilada, Erdem ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory activity; Antinociceptive activity; Helleborus orientalis Lam.; Juglans regia L.; Laurocerasus officinalis Roemer; Nerium oleander L.; Rhododendron ponticum L.; Rubus hirtus Walds. et Kit; Rubus sanctus Schreber; Turkish folk medicine

Indexed keywords

1,4 BENZOQUINONE; ALCOHOL; CARRAGEENAN; HELLEBORUS ORIENTALIS EXTRACT; JUGLANS REGIA EXTRACT; LAUROCERASUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; NERIUM OLEANDER EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; RHODODENDRIN; RHODODENDRON PONTICUM EXTRACT; RUBUS HIRTUS EXTRACT; RUBUS SANTUS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; ETHNIC GROUP; FLOWER; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HELLEBORUS ORIENTALIS; IN VIVO STUDY; JUGLANS REGIA; LAUROCERASUS OFFICINALIS; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERIUM OLEANDER; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; RUBUS HIRTUS; RUBUS SANCTUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH INJURY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

HELLEBORUS ORIENTALIS; JUGLANS REGIA; LAUROCERASUS OFFICINALIS; NERIUM OLEANDER; RHODODENDRON PONTICUM; RUBUS HIRTUS; RUBUS SANCTUS;

EID: 0141569100     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(03)00282-4     Document Type: Article

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