Anti-nociceptive effect of safranal, a constituent of Crocus sativus (saffron), in mice

Pharmacologyonline

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 498-503

  Hosseinzadeh, Hossein ^a   Shariaty, Vahideh Motamed ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anti nociceptive; Formalin test; Hot Plate test; Saffron; Safranal; Writhing test

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CROCUS SATIVUS EXTRACT; FORMALDEHYDE; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; SAFRANAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; HOT PLATE TEST; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MOUSE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; WRITHING TEST;

EID: 34548805635     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18278620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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