Anti-inflammatory activity of extracts and a saponin isolated from Melilotus elegans

Pharmazie

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 310-312

  Asres, K ^a   Gibbons, S ^b   Hana, E ^c   Bucar, Franz ^c  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZUKISAPONIN V; CARRAGEENAN; INDOMETACIN; MELILOTUS EXTRACT; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ISOLATION; ETHIOPIA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELILOTUS; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RAT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CARRAGEENAN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; EDEMA; ETHIOPIA; HYDROLYSIS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MELILOTUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; SAPONINS;

EID: 17644413803     PISSN: 00317144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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