Antitussive Potential of Methanol Extract of Stem Bark of Ficus racemosa Linn

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1117-1118

  Bhaskara Rao, R ^a,c   Murugesan, T ^b   Pal, M ^b   Saha, B P ^b   Mandal, S C ^b  

^a SULTAN UL ULOOM COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Antitussive; Cough; Ficus racemosa; MEFR

Indexed keywords

ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; CODEINE PHOSPHATE; FICUS RACEMOSA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BARK; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; FEMALE; FICUS; FICUS RACEMOSA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTITUSSIVE AGENTS; COUGH; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FICUS; MALE; MICE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

FICUS RACEMOSA; MORACEAE;

EID: 0242268431     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1325     Document Type: Article

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