Evaluation of antipyretic activity of Calotropis gigantea (Asclepiadaceae) in experimental animals

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 454-456

  Chitme, H R ^a,c   Chandra, Ramesh ^a   Kaushik, Sadhna ^b  

^a BUNDELKHAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MLB Medical College Jhansi   (India)

^c HSK College of Pharmacy   (India)

Author keywords

Antipyretic; Asclepiadaceae; C. gigantea; Calotropis gigantea

Indexed keywords

CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; TYPHOID PARATYPHOID VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DRUG POTENCY; ECZEMA; ELEPHANTIASIS; FEVER; LEPROSY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; RABBIT; RAT; SYPHILIS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; ULCER;

ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANIMALS; CALOTROPIS; FEMALE; FEVER; MALE; MICE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; RABBITS; RATS; TYPHOID-PARATYPHOID VACCINES; YEASTS;

ANIMALIA; APOCYNACEAE; CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 24644446899     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1672     Document Type: Article

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