Analgesic activity of the different fractions of the aerial parts of Commelina benghalensis Linn

International Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-67

  Raquibul Hasan, S M ^a   Hossain, M M ^a   Akter, R ^b   Jamila, M ^c   Mazumder, M E H ^a,d   Alam, M A ^b   Faruque, A ^a   Rana, S ^a   Rahman, S ^e  

^a JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b STAMFORD UNIVERSITY BANGLADESH   (Bangladesh)

^c Department of Business Administration   (Bangladesh)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesic; Commelina benghalensis; Tail immersion; Writhing

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; DICLOFENAC; NALBUPHINE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMMELINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HOT PLATE TEST; IMMERSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WRITHING TEST;

EID: 75749112202     PISSN: 18117775     EISSN: 18125700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijp.2010.63.67     Document Type: Article

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