Analgesic activity of some Indian medicinal plants

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 425-428

  Malairajan, P ^a   Geetha Gopalakrishnan, ^b   Narasimhan, S ^c   Jessi Kala Veni, K ^a  

^a SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Singapore Ranch   (Singapore)

^c Asthagiri Herbal Research Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

Analgesic; Bougainvilla spectabilis; Ficus glomerata; Polyalthia longifolia; Sida acuta; Stylosanthes fruticosa; Toona ciliata

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BOUGAINVILLA SPECTABILIS EXTRACT; FICUS GLOMERATA EXTRACT; PENTAZOCINE; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYALTHIA LONGIFOLIA EXTRACT; SIDA ACUTA EXTRACT; STYLOSANTHES FRUTICOSA EXTRACT; TOONA CILIATA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANNONACEAE; ARTICLE; BOUGAINVILLA SPECTABILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; FICUS GLOMERATA; HOT PLATE TEST; INDIA; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELIACEAE; MORACEAE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NYCTAGINACEAE; PAIN; POLYALTHIA LONGIFOLIA; RAT; SIDA ACUTA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STYLOSANTHES FRUITICOSA; TOONA CILIATA; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HEAT; INDIA; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; WOOD;

ANNONACEAE; FICUS RACEMOSA; MORACEAE; NYCTAGINACEAE; PAPILIONOIDEAE; POLYALTHIA LONGIFOLIA; SIDA ACUTA; STYLOSANTHES FRUTICOSA; TOONA CILIATA;

EID: 33745504566     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.03.015     Document Type: Article

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