Acute toxicity and anti-inflammatory activity of aqueous ethanol extract of root bark of Ximenia americana L. (Olacaceae)

African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 806-811

  Olabissi, Onifade Al Fattah ^a   Moussa, Ouedraogo ^a   Moustapha, Ouedraogo ^a   Edgard, Zongo Frank ^a   Eléonore, Kafando ^b   Marius, Lompo ^c   Pierre, Guissou Innocent ^a,c  

^a Laboratoire de Pharmacologie et de Toxicologie   (Burkina Faso)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Anti inflammatory activity; Root bark; Ximenia americana

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BETAMETHASONE; INDOMETACIN; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; XIMENIA AMERICANA EXTRACT;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ACUTE TOXICITY; AGITATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DROWSINESS; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFECT; LD 50; MALE; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; OLACACEAE; PAIN; PAW EDEMA; PLANT ROOT; TOXICITY TESTING; XIMENIA AMERICANA;

EID: 80051622549     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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