Antinociceptive effects of the essential oil of Dracocephalum kotschyi in the mouse writhing test

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 76-79

  Golshani, Samira ^a   Karamkhani, Fariba ^a   Monsef Esfehani, Hamid Reza ^a   Abdollahi, Mohammad ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINOCICEPTIVE AGENT; CARYOPHYLLENE; DACROCEPHALUM KOTSCHYI EXTRACT; ESSENTIAL OIL; INDOMETACIN; LIMONENE; PERILLYL ALCOHOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SCOPOLAMINE; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; TERPINEOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERBENONE;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DACROCEPHALUM KOTSCHYI; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IRAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VISCERAL PAIN; WRITHING TEST;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; CYCLOHEXENES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; INDOMETHACIN; LAMIACEAE; MALE; MICE; MONOTERPENES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PLANT OILS; SCOPOLAMINE; TERPENES;

EID: 2442597134     PISSN: 14821826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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