Antinociceptive activities of the liposoluble fraction from Vitex negundo seeds

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 651-658

  Zheng, Cheng Jian ^a   Huang, Bao Kang ^a   Han, Ting ^a   Zhang, Qiao Yan ^a   Zhang, Hong ^a   Rahman, Khalid ^b   Qin, Lu Ping ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antinociceptive activity; Naloxone; Seeds; Vitex negundo

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; DIAZEPAM; FATTY ACID; FORMALDEHYDE; INDOMETACIN; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; PENTOBARBITAL; PETROLEUM ETHER; VITEX NEGUNDO EXTRACT; XYLENE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINOCICEPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; EAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HOT PLATE TEST; LIPID COMPOSITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PAIN THRESHOLD; PAW EDEMA; PLANT SEED; SLEEP TIME; VITEX; VITEX NEGUDO; WRITHING TEST; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; EDEMA; INFLAMMATION; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOLUBILITY;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EDEMA; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PAIN; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEEDS; SOLUBILITY; VITEX;

EID: 77952894900     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880200903241838     Document Type: Article

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