Opioid-like activity of Psychotria brachypoda

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 267-272

  Leal, Mirna Bainy ^a   Elisabetsky, Elaine ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alkaloid; Analgesia; Psychotria brachypoda; Tail flick; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 21544474405     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/phbi.34.4.267.13221     Document Type: Article

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