Preliminary phytochemical, toxicity and anti-inflammatory evaluation of Commelina benghalensis

International Journal of Green Pharmacy

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 201-205

  Tiwari, Sanjeev Kumar ^a   Lahkar, Mangala ^a   Dash, Suvakanta ^b   Samudrala, Pavan Kumar ^a   Thomas, Jaya Mary ^c   Augustine, Bibin Baby ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH NIPER   (India)

^b Girijananda Chowdhury Institute of Pharmaceutical Science   (India)

^c GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory; Carrageenan; Commelina benghalensis; Cotton pellet; sub acute toxicity; Xylene

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CARRAGEENAN; COMMELINA BENGHALENSIS EXTRACT; INDOMETACIN; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLENE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COMMELINA; COMMELINA BENGHALENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; EAR EDEMA; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; LD 50; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 84888354733     PISSN: 09738258     EISSN: 19984103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-8258.120211     Document Type: Article

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