Antinociceptive effects of Peganum harmala L. alkaloid extract on mouse formalin test

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-69

  Monsef, Hamid Reza ^a   Ghobadi, Ali ^a   Iranshahi, Mehrdad ^a   Abdollahi, Mohammad ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; CHLOROFORM; FORMALDEHYDE; HARMALINE; METHANOL; PEGANUM HARMALA EXTRACT; SILICA GEL;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PURIFICATION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PAIN; PEGANUM HARMALA; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ALKALOIDS; ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HARMALINE; MALE; MICE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PEGANUM; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 2442504748     PISSN: 14821826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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