Anti-inflammatory effect of a methanolic extract of leaves of Dregea volubilis

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 525-528

  Hossain, Emdad ^a   Sarkar, Debjani ^b   Maiti, Anup ^a   Chatterjee Mitali, M ^c   Mandal, Subhash C ^d   Gupta, Jayanta Kumar ^d  

^a Pharmacy College   (India)

^b BARASAT GOVERNMENT COLLEGE   (India)

^c INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^d JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory activity; Carrageenan induced paw edema; Dregea volubilis; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CARRAGEENAN; DREGEA VOLUBILIS EXTRACT; INDOMETACIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; METHANOL; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DREGEA VOLUBILIS; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PLANT LEAF;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASCLEPIADACEAE; CARRAGEENAN; EDEMA; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; LETHAL DOSE 50; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS;

DREGEA;

EID: 78049364062     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.08.043     Document Type: Article

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