Analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities of flower extracts of Punica granatum Linn. (Punicaceae)

Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 133-136

  Sarker, Mithun ^a   Das, Sreedam Chandra ^a   Saha, Sajal Kumar ^a   Al Mahmud, Zobaer ^a   Bachar, Sitesh Chandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Analgesic; Anti inflammatory; Carrageenan; Punica granatum; Punicaceae

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871776371     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22313354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7324/JAPS.2012.2408     Document Type: Article

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