Chemical constituents and antihistamine activity of Bixa orellana leaf extract

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Yong, Yoke Keong ^a   Zakaria, Zainul Amiruddin ^a   Kadir, Arifah Abdul ^a   Somchit, Muhammad Nazrul ^a   Ee Cheng Lian, Gwendoline ^a   Ahmad, Zuraini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory; Bixa orellana; Histamine; Vascular permeability

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BIXA ORELLANA EXTRACT; LORATADINE; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIHISTAMINE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIXA ORELLANA; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG POTENCY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; BIXACEAE; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; DOWN-REGULATION; EDEMA; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE ANTAGONISTS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84873585757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-32     Document Type: Article

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