Anti-inflammatory, antinociceptive, and antioxidant activities of methanol and aqueous extracts of Anacyclus pyrethrum roots

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue SEP, 2017, Pages

  Manouze, Houria ^a   Bouchatta, Otmane ^a   Gadhi, A Chemseddoha ^a   Bennis, Mohammed ^a   Sokar, Zahra ^a   Ba M'hamed, Saadia ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Anacyclus pyrethrum; Anti inflammatory; Antinociceptive; Antioxidant; Mice

Indexed keywords

ANACYCLUS PYRETHRUM EXTRACT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINOCICEPTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; FREUND ADJUVANT; INDOMETACIN; NALOXONE; PLANT EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLENE;

ALLODYNIA; ANACYCLUS PYRETHRUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINOCICEPTION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DPPH RADICAL SCAVENGING ASSAY; DRUG SCREENING; EAR EDEMA; FORMALIN TEST; HOT PLATE TEST; IN VITRO STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAW EDEMA; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT ROOT; TOXICITY TESTING; WRITHING TEST;

EID: 85028948947     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16639812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2017.00598     Document Type: Article

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