Antinociceptive and antioxidant potential of the crude ethanol extract of the leaves of Ageratum conyzoides grown in Bangladesh

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 893-898

  Hossain, Hemayet ^a   Karmakar, Utpal Kumar ^b   Biswas, Subrata Kumar ^c   Shahid Ud Daula, A F M ^d   Jahan, Ismet Ara ^a   Adnan, Tarek ^d   Chowdhury, Anusua ^c  

^a BCSIR Laboratories Dhaka   (Bangladesh)

^b KHULNA UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c BGC Trust University Bangladesh   (Bangladesh)

^d NOAKHALI SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Antinociceptive; DPPH; Free radical scavenging activity

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACETIC ACID; AGERATUM CONYZOIDES EXTRACT; ALCOHOL; ALKALOID; ASCORBIC ACID; BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE; DICLOFENAC; FERROUS ION; FLAVONOID; LIPOXYGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHYTOSTEROL; PLACEBO; PLANT GUM; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; TANNIN DERIVATIVE;

AGERATUM CONYZOIDES; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG TARGETING; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FEMALE; IC 50; IRON CHELATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAIN RECEPTOR; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; WRITHING TEST;

AGERATUM; ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BANGLADESH; BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES;

AGERATUM CONYZOIDES; ASTERACEAE; MUS;

EID: 84879349467     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2013.770535     Document Type: Article

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