Evaluation of Ajuga bracteosa for antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antidepressant and anticoagulant activities

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Kayani, Waqas Khan ^a   Dilshad, Erum ^b   Ahmed, Tanveer ^c   Ismail, Hammad ^d   Mirza, Bushra ^c  

^a University of Poonch Rawalakot   (Pakistan)

^b CAPITAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^c QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUJRAT   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Ajuga bracteosa; Anti inflammatory; Antidepressant; Antioxidants; Phytoecdysteroids; RP HPLC

Indexed keywords

20 YDROXYECDYSONE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AJUGA BRACTEOSA EXTRACT; AJUJALACTONE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CHLOROFORM; CYASTERONE; DICLOFENAC POTASSIUM; ECDYSTERONE; FLAVONOID; FLUOXETINE; FREE RADICAL; GALLIC ACID; MAKISTERONE; METHANOL; MOLYBDENUM; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPODINE; QUERCETIN; SENGOSTERONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AJUGA; AJUGA BRACTEOSA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICOAGULATION; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINOCICEPTION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CARRAGEENAN-INDUCED PAW EDEMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DPPH RADICAL SCAVENGING ASSAY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; FORCED SWIM TEST; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE SCAVENGING ASSAY; IC50; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAW EDEMA; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STRUCTURES; RAT; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 84988892447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12906-016-1363-y     Document Type: Article

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