Antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory properties of ruellia tuberosa

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 209-214

  Alam, M Ashraful ^a   Subhan, Nusrat ^b   Awal, M Abdul ^a   Alam, M Shohidul ^a   Sarder, Mokaddez ^b   Nahar, Lutfun ^c   Sarker, Satyajit D ^c  

^a BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b University of Khulna   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acanthaceae; Anti inflammatory; Antinociceptive; Ruellia tuberaosa

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINOCICEPTIVE AGENT; DICLOFENAC; INDOMETACIN; OVALBUMIN; RUELLIA TUBEROSA EXTRACT; SEROTONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHACEAE; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAW EDEMA; RAT; RUELLIA TUBEROSA; TAIL FLICK TEST; THERMAL STIMULATION; WRITHING TEST;

ACANTHACEAE; MUS; RATTUS; RUELLIA; RUELLIA TUBEROSA;

EID: 77149172296     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200802434575     Document Type: Article

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