Antiinflammatory activity of ethanol extracts of Hypericum perforatum L., H. barbatum Jacq., H. hirsutum L., H. richeri Vill. and H. androsaemum L. in rats

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 176-180

  Šavikin, Katarina ^a   Dobrić, Silva ^b   Tadić, Vanja ^a   Zdunić, Gordana ^a  

^a Institute for Medicinal Plants Research   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Antiinflammatory activity; Hypericin; Hypericum species; Indomethacin

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; HYPERICIN; HYPERICUM ANDROSAEMUM EXTRACT; HYPERICUM BARBATUM EXTRACT; HYPERICUM EXTRACT; HYPERICUM HIRSUTUM EXTRACT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; HYPERICUM RICHERI EXTRACT; INDOMETACIN; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ISOLATION; HYPERICUM; HYPERICUM ANDROSAEMUM; HYPERICUM BARBATUM; HYPERICUM HIRSUTUM; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; HYPERICUM RICHERI; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; HYPERICUM; INDOMETHACIN; PERYLENE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS;

HYPERICUM; HYPERICUM ANDROSAEMUM; HYPERICUM HIRSUTUM; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; HYPERICUM RICHERI; RATTUS;

EID: 33846956836     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2041     Document Type: Article

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