Anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities of flavonoid and saponin fractions from Zizyphus lotus (L.) Lam.

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 320-324

  Borgi, W ^a   Recio, M C ^b   Rios J L ^b   Chouchane, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Analgesic activity; Anti inflammatory activity; Delayed type hypersensitivity; Nitrite production; Zizyphus lotus

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; LEAF; MEDICINAL PLANT; NITRITE; PIGMENT; PLANT EXTRACT; RODENT; ROOT; SHRUB;

MUS; RATTUS; ZIZIPHUS; ZIZIPHUS LOTUS;

EID: 41649108407     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2008.01.009     Document Type: Article

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