Anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities of Hypericum brasiliense (Willd) standardized extract

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 320-325

  Perazzo, Fábio F ^a,b   Lima, Leonardo M ^a   Padilha, Marina De Mesquita ^a   Rocha, Leandro M ^c   Sousa, Pergentino J C ^d   Carvalho, José Carlos T ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAPÁ   (Brazil)

^b Post Graduate Program in Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer for Innovation   (Brazil)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory; Antinociceptive; CNS; Guttiferae; Hypericum brasiliense

Indexed keywords

EID: 56049084034     PISSN: 0102695X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-695X2008000300002     Document Type: Article

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