Antiinflammatory activity of some extracts from plants used in the traditional medicine of north-african countries

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 421-423

  Rimbau, Victor ^a   Risco, Esther ^a   Canigueral, Salvador ^a   Iglesias, Josep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antiinflammatory activity; Arachidonic acid oedema; Carrageenan oedema; Plant extracts

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748099509     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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