Antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory activities of Pterygota macrocarpa and Cola gigantea (Sterculiaceae)

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Agyare, Christian ^a   Koffuor, George Asumeng ^a   Boamah, Vivian Etsiapa ^a   Adu, Francis ^a   Mensah, Kwesi Boadu ^a   Adu Amoah, Louis ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CARRAGEENAN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLOTRIMAZOLE; COLA GIGANTEA EXTRACT; DEXAMETHASONE; DICLOFENAC; PLANT EXTRACT; PTERYGOTA MACROCARPA EXTRACT; TANNIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR DIFFUSION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BARK; CHICK; COLA GIGANTEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; FOOT EDEMA; MALVACEAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGOTA MACROCARPA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 84862323050     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/902394     Document Type: Article

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