Anti-inflammatory activity of Jatropha curcas roots in mice and rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-15

  Mujumdar, A M ^a   Misar, A V ^a  

^a AGHARKAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Albino rats and mice; Jatropha curcas L. roots; Local and systemic anti inflammatory activity

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; INDOMETACIN; JATROPHA CURCAS EXTRACT; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; TURPENTINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; DRUG ACTIVITY; EXTRACTION; EXUDATE; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; JATROPHA CURCAS; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OTITIS; PASTE; PAW EDEMA; PELLET EXTRUSION; POWDER; RAT; REDUCTION;

EID: 0347123335     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2003.09.019     Document Type: Article

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