Antinociceptive activity and toxicological study of aqueous extract of Egletes viscosa Less (Asteraceae)

Revista Brasileira de Ciencias Farmaceuticas/Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 707-715

  Araújo, Adriano Antunes S ^a   Bonjardim, Leonardo Rigoldi ^a   Mota, Érica M ^a   Albuquerque Jr , Ricardo Luiz C ^b   Estevam, Charles Dos Santos ^a   Cordeiro, Luzia ^b   Seixas, Sérgio Ricardo S ^c   Batista, Josemar Sena ^a   Quintans Jr , Lucindo José ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Tecnologia e Pesquisa   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DOS VALES DO JEQUITINHONHA E MUCURI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Egletes viscose pharmacognosy; Egletes viscose antinociception effect; Egletes viscose experimental study; Phytochemical screening

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CATECHIN; EGLETES VISCOSA EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; FLAVONONOL; FORMALDEHYDE; HEMOGLOBIN; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SAPONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHONE DERIVATIVE;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EGLETES VISCOSA; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT SEED; WRITHING TEST;

EID: 59649098283     PISSN: 15169332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-93322008000400018     Document Type: Article

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