Anti-inflammatory activity of the aqueous leaf extract of Ixora coccinea

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-152

  Ratnasooriya, W D ^a   Deraniyagala, S A ^a   Galhena, G ^a   Liyanage, S S P ^a   Bathige, S D N K ^a   Jayakody, J R A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory activity; Antihistamine; Antioxidant; Ixora cocinea

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BUTYLCRESOL; CARRAGEENAN; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; DIURETIC AGENT; HISTAMINE; INDOMETACIN; IXORA COCCINEA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIHISTAMINIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIURETIC ACTIVITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GRANULOMA; INFLAMMATION; IXORA COCCINEA; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PLANT LEAF; RAT; RAT STRAIN;

COCCOIDEA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; IXORA; IXORA COCCINEA; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 17144383169     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200590919483     Document Type: Article

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