The study of analgesic effects and acute toxicity of Tripleurospermum disciforme in rats by formalin test

Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 575-580

  Parvini, Shirin ^a   Hosseini, Mir Jamal ^a   Bakhtiarian, Azam ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Analgesic Effect; Formalin Test; Rat; Tripleurospermum disciforme Extract

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; FORMALDEHYDE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MORPHINE; TRIPLEUROSPERMUM DISCIFORME EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; LD 50; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRIPLEUROSPERMUM; TRIPLEUROSPERMUM DISCIFORME;

RATTUS; TRIPLEUROSPERMUM;

EID: 36748999996     PISSN: 15376516     EISSN: 15376524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15376510701580864     Document Type: Article

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