Attenuation of persistent pain and hyperalgesia by Spilanthus acmella flowers in rats

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 614-619

  Ratnasooriya, W D ^a   Pieris, K P P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Antihyperalgesia; Antinociception; Continuous pain; Spilanthus acmella

Indexed keywords

CARRAGEENAN; FORMALDEHYDE; HISTAMINE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROSTAGLANDIN; SPILANTHUS ACMELLA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FLOWER; HOT PLATE TEST; HYPERALGESIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RAT; SPILANTHUS ACMELLA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ACMELLA; ANIMALIA; ASTERACEAE; SPILANTHES ACMELLA;

EID: 30344433240     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200500301944     Document Type: Article

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