Comparison of the effects of crocin, safranal and diclofenac on local inflammation and inflammatory pain responses induced by carrageenan in rats

Pharmacological Reports

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1272-1280

  Tamaddonfard, Esmaeal ^a   Farshid, Amir Abbas ^a   Eghdami, Karim ^a   Samadi, Farzad ^a   Erfanparast, Amir ^a  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Crocin; Diclofenac; Edema; Inflammatory pain; Rats; Safranal

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CARRAGEENAN; CROCIN; DICLOFENAC; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SAFRANAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATORY PAIN; MALE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; RAT;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CAROTENOIDS; CARRAGEENAN; CYCLOHEXENES; DICLOFENAC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EDEMA; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NEUTROPHIL INFILTRATION; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TERPENES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84894117469     PISSN: 22995684     EISSN: 22995684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1734-1140(13)71485-3     Document Type: Article

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