The antinociceptive action of aqueous extract from Muntingia calabura leaves: The role of opioid receptors

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 130-136

  Zakaria, Zainul Amiruddin ^a,b   Mustapha, Safarul ^c   Sulaiman, Mohd Roslan ^b   Mat Jais, Abdul Manan ^b   Somchit, Muhammad Nazrul ^b   Abdullah, Fatimah Corazon ^a  

^a Universiti Industri Selangor   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c Faculty of Office Management and Technology   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Abdominal constriction test; Antinociceptive activity; Hot plate test; Muntingia calabura; Opioid receptor; Temperature effect

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; MORPHINE SULFATE; MUNTINGIA CALABURA EXTRACT; NALOXONE; OPIATE RECEPTOR; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOT PLATE TEST; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; MUNTINGIA CALABURA; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SUPERNATANT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELAEOCARPACEAE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RECEPTORS, OPIOID;

EID: 33847069938     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000098366     Document Type: Article

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