Analgesic effect of extracts of Alpinia galanga rhizome in mice

Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 100-104

  Acharya, Sahana Devadasa ^a   Ullal, Sheetal Dinkar ^a   Padiyar, Shivaraj ^a   Rao, Yalla Durga ^a   Upadhyaya, Kousthubha ^b   Pillai, Durga ^a   Raj, Vishnu ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Alpinia galanga; Analgesics; Mice; Opioid; Pain measurement; Plant extracts; Receptors

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPINIA GALANGA EXTRACT; ANALGESIC AGENT; GUM ARABIC; MORPHINE; NALOXONE;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HOT PLATE TEST; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOUSE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; REACTION TIME; RHIZOME; WRITHING TEST;

ALBINISM; ALPINIA; ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; NOCICEPTION; PLANT EXTRACTS; RHIZOME;

EID: 79251498643     PISSN: 16721977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3736/jcim20110116     Document Type: Article

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