Anti-inflammatory activities of ethanolic extract of Carica papaya leaves

Inflammopharmacology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 168-173

  Owoyele, Bamidele V ^a   Adebukola, Olubori M ^a   Funmilayo, Adeoye A ^a   Soladoye, Ayodele O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory; Arthritis; Carica papaya; Extracts; Gastric mucosa; Oedema; Rats; Ulcer

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CARICA PAPAYA EXTRACT; INDOMETACIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; GRANULOMA; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PAPAYA; PAW EDEMA; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STOMACH IRRITATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, EXPERIMENTAL; CARICA; CARRAGEENAN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EDEMA; FORMALDEHYDE; GRANULOMA; INDOMETHACIN; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 51349143518     PISSN: 09254692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10787-008-7008-0     Document Type: Article

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