Antiinflammatory and antinociceptive activities of Blechnum occidentale L. extract

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 102-107

  Nonato, Fabiana Regina ^a   Barros, Tais Adelita Almeida ^a   Lucchese, Angélica Maria ^b   Oliveira, Carlos Eduardo Cordeiro ^b   Santos, Ricardo Ribeiro dos ^a,c   Soares, Milena Botelho Pereira ^a,c   Villarreal, Cristiane Flora ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL SÃO RAFAEL   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antiinflammatory; Antinociception; Biological activity; Blechnum; Pteridophyte

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINOCICEPTIVE AGENT; BLECHNUM OCCIDENTALE EXTRACT; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAZEPAM; INDOMETACIN; MORPHINE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; BLECHNUM OCCIDENTALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAW EDEMA; RAT; ROTAROD TEST; SEDATION; TAIL FLICK TEST; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WRITHING TEST;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FERNS; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; BLECHNUM; BLECHNUM OCCIDENTALE; FILICOPHYTA; MUS; PTERIDOPHYTA; RATTUS;

EID: 67651124870     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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