Antipruritic effect of the single oral administration of German chamomile flower extract and its combined effect with antiallergic agents in ddY mice

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 101, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 308-312

  Kobayashi, Yoshinori ^a   Takahashi, Ria ^b   Ogino, Fumiko ^b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antipruritic; Compound 48 80; Fexofenadine; German chamomile; Matricaria recutita; Oxatomide

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIPRURITIC AGENT; COMPOUND 48-80; ETHYL ACETATE EXTRACT; FEXOFENADINE; MATRICARIA CHAMOMILLA EXTRACT; OXATOMIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; MATRICARIA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PROVOCATION TEST; PRURITUS; SCRATCHING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; ANTIPRURITICS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FLOWERS; MALE; MATRICARIA; MICE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PRURITUS;

ANTHEMIS; MATRICARIA RECUTITA;

EID: 24644440626     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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