Gastric anti-ulcer activity of leaf fractions obtained of polar extract from Wilbrandia ebracteata in mice

Natural Product Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-59

  Coelho, R G ^a   Gonzalez, F G ^a   Sannomiya, M ^a   Di Stasi, L C ^a   Vilegas, W ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anti ulcer activitiy; C glycosylflavones; Leaves; Wilbrandia ebracteata; Cucurbitaceae

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 3',4',5,6,7,8 HEXAHYDROXYFLAVONOL; 6 METHOXILUTEOLIN; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL; ANTIULCER AGENT; CIMETIDINE; DICHLOROMETHANE; FLAVONOID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HEXANE; INDOMETACIN; ISOORIENTIN; ISOVITEXIN; LUTEOLIN; METHANOL; OMEPRAZOLE; ORIENTIN; SCAVENGER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITEXIN; WILBRANDIA EBRACTEATA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUCUMBER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; STOMACH PROTECTION; STOMACH ULCER; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; WILBRANDIA EBRACTEATA;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; BRAZIL; CUCURBITACEAE; FLAVONOIDS; INDOMETHACIN; MICE; PICRATES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; STOMACH ULCER;

ANIMALIA; CUCURBITACEAE; MUS; WILBRANDIA EBRACTEATA;

EID: 58549111078     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786410701782544     Document Type: Article

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