Antinociceptive activity studies with methanol extracts of Ficus Hispida L.f. leaves and fruits in Swiss albino mice

Advances in Natural and Applied Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 131-135

  Jahan, Towrit ^a   Shahreen, Shejuty ^a   Banik, Joyonta ^a   Islam, Fatema ^a   Al Mamun, Abdullah ^a   Das, Rajib ^a   Rahman, Shahnaz ^a   Seraj, Syeda ^a   Jahan, Rownak ^a   Rahmatullah, Mohammed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Antinociceptive; Ficus hispida; Mice; Moraceae

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); FICUS HISPIDA; MORACEAE; MUS;

EID: 80052052680     PISSN: 19950772     EISSN: 19981090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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