Anti-inflammatory activity of crude saponin extracts from five Nigerian medicinal plants

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Hassan, H S ^a   Sule, I M ^a   Musa, M A ^a   Musa, Y K ^a   Abubakar, S M ^a   Hassan, S A ^b  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b KADUNA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory activity; Asparagus africanus; Carrageenan; Dichrostachys cinerea; Ficus iteophylla; Indigofera pulchra; Saponin; Schwenkia americana; TLC

Indexed keywords

KETOPROFEN; SAPONIN; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CARRAGEENAN; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARAGACEAE; ASPARAGUS AFRICANUS; BARK; CARRAGEENAN INDUCED RAT PAW EDEMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DICHROSTACHYS CINEREA; DOSE RESPONSE; EXCITATION; FABACEAE; FEMALE; FICUS; FICUS ITEOPHYLLA; INDIGOFERA; INDIGOFERA PULCHRA; LD 50; LETHALITY; MALE; MOUSE; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PLANT LEAF; RAT; RHIZOME; SCHWENKIA AMERICANA; SOLANACEAE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; ASPARAGUS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; EDEMA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT STRUCTURES;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASPARAGUS PLANT; CARRAGEENAN; EDEMA; FABACEAE; FICUS; INDIGOFERA; KETOPROFEN; MICE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STRUCTURES; RATS; SAPONINS;

EID: 84896060305     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajtcam.v9i2.10     Document Type: Article

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