Antinociceptive effect of the Orbignya speciosa Mart. (Babassu) leaves: Evidence for the involvement of apigenin

Life Sciences

Volumn 91, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 293-300

  Pinheiro, Mariana Martins Gomes ^a   Boylan, Fábio ^b   Fernandes, Patrícia Dias ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Antinociceptive activity; Apigenin; Arecaceae; Orbignya speciosa

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; APIGENIN; MORPHINE; ORBIGNYA SPECIOSA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARECACEAE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORBIGNYA SPECIOSA; PAIN; PLANT LEAF;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; APIGENIN; ARECACEAE; ASPIRIN; ATROPINE; BRAZIL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MECAMYLAMINE; MICE; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; PAIN; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES;

ANIMALIA; ARECACEAE; MUS; ORBIGNYA BARBOSIANA;

EID: 84866067603     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: 18790631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2012.06.013     Document Type: Article

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