Pain management in mice using methanol extracts of three plants belongs to family Amaranthaceae

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 527-530

  Ashok Kumar, B S ^a   Lakshman, K ^b   Jayaveera, K N ^c   Vel Murgan, C ^a   Arun Kumar, P A ^a   Vinod Kumar, R ^a   Meghda, Hegade ^b   Sridhar, S M ^a  

^a Sri KV College of Pharmacy   (India)

^b PES COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

^c JNTUA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

Author keywords

Acetic acid induced writhings; Amaranthus caudatus Linn; Amaranthus spinosus Linn; Amaranthus viridis Linn; Analgesic

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS EXTRACT; AMARANTHUS SPINOSUS EXTRACT; AMARANTHUS VIRIDIS EXTRACT; ANALGESIC AGENT; DICLOFENAC; METHANOL; MORPHINE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; AMARANTHUS SPINOSUS; AMARANTHUS VIRIDIS; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; HOT PLATE TEST; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; TOXICITY TESTING; VALIDATION PROCESS; WRITHING TEST;

EID: 77954891501     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(10)60127-7     Document Type: Article

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