Antipyretic activity of Alstonia macrophylla Wall ex A. DC: An ethnomedicine of Andaman Islands

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 558-564

  Chattopadhyay, Debprasad ^a   Arunachalam, Ganeshan ^a   Ghosh, Lopamudra ^b   Rajendran, K ^c   Mandal, Asit B ^d   Bhattacharya, S K ^a,c  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^d CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALSTONIA MACROPHYLLA EXTRACT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; METHANOL; PARACETAMOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SITOSTEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URSOLIC ACID;

ALSTONIA; ALSTONIA MACROPHYLLA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ISOLATION; FEMALE; FEVER; INDIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RAT;

ALSTONIA; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FEVER; INDIA; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 31544467342     PISSN: 14821826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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