Antinociceptive activity of Calotropis procera latex in mice

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 125-129

  Soares, Paula Matias ^a   Lima, Silvane R ^a   Matos, Samara G ^a   Andrade, Marcelo M ^a   Patrocínio, Manoel C A ^a   De Freitas, Cleverson D T ^b   Ramos, Márcio V ^b   Criddle, David N ^a,c   Cardi, Bruno A ^a   Carvalho, Krishnamurti M ^a   Assreuy, Ana Maria S ^a   Vasconcelos, Silvânia M M ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antinociceptive activity; Calotropis procera; Latex proteins

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CALOTROPIS PROCERA EXTRACT; FORMALDEHYDE; MORPHINE; NALOXONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CALOTROPIS PROCERA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SCREENING; HOT PLATE TEST; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; REACTION TIME;

APOCYNACEAE; CALOTROPIS PROCERA;

EID: 20244379880     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.02.010     Document Type: Article

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