Ability of eugenol to reduce tongue edema induced by Dieffenbachia picta Schott in mice

Toxicon

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 729-735

  Dip, Etyene Castro ^a   Pereira, Nuno Alvarez ^a   Fernandes, Patricia Dias ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dieffenbachia picta Schott; Eugenol; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; EUGENOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EDEMA; EMERGENCY; GLOTTIS; HOSPITAL; HYPERTROPHY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH ULCER; MYRTACEAE; NONHUMAN; OBSTRUCTION; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY ARREST; TONGUE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ARACEAE; EDEMA; EUGENIA; EUGENOL; MALE; MICE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT OILS; PLANTS, TOXIC;

ARACEAE; DIEFFENBACHIA; DIEFFENBACHIA SEGUINE; MYRTACEAE; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM;

EID: 1942501010     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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