Antioxidant, analgesic and toxic potentiality of stephania japonica (Thunb.) miers. leaf

International Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 257-262

  Rahman, M Habibur ^a   Alam, M Badrul ^a   Chowdhury, N S ^b   Jha, M K ^a   Hasan, M ^b   Khan, M M ^b   Rahman, M S ^b   Haque, M Ekramul ^c  

^a Department of Business Administration   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^c BRAC UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Analgesic; Antioxidant; In vitro; In vivo; Stephania japonica; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; DICLOFENAC; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; STEPHANIA JAPONICA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG POTENCY; FEMALE; IC 50; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; STEPHANIA; STEPHANIA JAPONICA; WRITHING TEST;

EID: 79957796919     PISSN: 18117775     EISSN: 18125700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijp.2011.257.262     Document Type: Article

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