Effect of hydroalcoholic extract of acorus calamus on tibial and sural nerve transection-induced painful neuropathy in rats

Journal of Natural Medicines

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 282-292

  Muthuraman, Arunachalam ^a   Singh, Nirmal ^a   Jaggi, Amteshwar S ^a  

^a PUNJABI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Hyperalgesia; Myeloperoxidase; Superoxide anion; Total calcium

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ACORUS CALAMUS EXTRACT; ALCOHOL; CALCIUM; MYELOPEROXIDASE; PREGABALIN; SUPEROXIDE;

ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOT PLATE TEST; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; SURAL NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE;

ACORUS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NEURALGIA; PEROXIDASE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDES; SURAL NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 79956308738     PISSN: 13403443     EISSN: 18610293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11418-010-0486-6     Document Type: Article

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