Effect of aqueous extract of Tragia involucrata linn. on acute and subacute inflammation

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 310-312

  Samy, Ramar Perumal ^a   Gopalakrishnakone, Ponnampalam ^a   Houghton, Peter ^b   Thwin, Maung Maung ^a   Ignacimuthu, Savarimuthu ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LOYOLA COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Aqueous extract; Granuloma; Mouse model; Paw oedema; Traditional healers; Tragia involucrata

Indexed keywords

CARRAGEENAN; PHENYLBUTAZONE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; EDEMA; GRANULOMA; IMPLANTATION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TRAGIA INVOLUCRATA;

ANIMALS; CARRAGEENAN; EUPHORBIACEAE; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; TRAGIA INVOLUCRATA;

EID: 33645899931     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1845     Document Type: Article

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