Antinociceptive action of aqueous extract of the leaves of Ixora coccinea

Acta Biologica Hungarica

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 21-34

  Ratnasooriya, W D ^a   Deraniyagala, S A ^a   Bathige, S D N K ^a   Goonasekara, C L ^a   Jayakody, J R A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Antinociception; Ixora coccinea; Pain; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATININE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; FORMALDEHYDE; OPIATE RECEPTOR; PLANT EXTRACT; PROSTAGLANDIN; UREA; WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CELL MEMBRANE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEAT; MALE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; PAIN; PLANT LEAF; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; TIME;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CELL MEMBRANE; CREATININE; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FORMALDEHYDE; HEAT; MALE; MUSCLES; PAIN; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PROSTAGLANDINS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE; RECEPTORS, OPIOID; TIME FACTORS; UREA; WATER;

COCCOIDEA; IXORA COCCINEA;

EID: 15044357293     PISSN: 02365383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ABiol.56.2005.1-2.3     Document Type: Article

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