Antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory activities of the chloroform extract of bauhinia purpurea l. (leguminosae) leaves in animal models

International Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 140-145

  Zakana, Z A ^a   Rahman, N I Abdul ^b   Loo, Y W ^b   Ayub, A H Abdul ^b   Sulaiman, M R ^c   Jais, A M Mat ^c   Gopalan, H K ^a   Fatimah, C A ^b  

^a Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences ^*  (Malaysia)

^b University Industry Selangor   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory; Antinociceptive; Bauhinia purpurea; Chloroform extract; Dose independent

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931268243     PISSN: 18163319     EISSN: 1818779X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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