Screening of analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities of Citrullus colocynthis from southern Tunisia

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-19

  Marzouk, Belsem ^a   Marzouk, Zohra ^a   Haloui, Ehsen ^a   Fenina, Nadia ^a   Bouraoui, Abderrahman ^a   Aouni, Mahjoub ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Analgesic activity; Anti inflammatory activity; Aqueous extract; Citrullus colocynthis Schrad.; Tunisian medicinal plant

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CARRAGEENAN; COLOCYNTH EXTRACT; LYSINE ACETYLSALICYLATE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COLOCYNTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; FRUIT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING; TUNISIA; VISCERAL PAIN;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CITRULLUS; MALE; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TUNISIA;

CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS; CUCURBITACEAE; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 76749154892     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.11.027     Document Type: Article

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