Evaluation of the anti-inflammatory activity of extract of Abrus precatorious

Eastern Journal of Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-25

  Georgewill, Owunari A ^a   Georgewill, Udeme O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Abrus precatorius; Acetyl salicylic acid; Croton oil; Inflammatory response

Indexed keywords

ABRUS PRECATORIUS EXTRACT; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CROTON OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OTITIS; PLANT LEAF; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT;

EID: 78649598616     PISSN: 13010883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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