Anti-inflammatory activity of aqueous extracts of five Costa Rican medicinal plants in Sprague-Dawley rats
The anti-inflammatory properties of Loasa speciosa and Loasa triphylla (Loasaceae), Urtica leptuphylla and Urera baccifera (Urticaceae), and Chaptalia nutans (Asteraceae) were studied using the carregeenan induced rat paw edema model. Aqueous extracts of each plant were made according to the ethnobo...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Vicerractoría Investigación
1999-12-01
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| Series: | Revista de Biología Tropical |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77441999000400009 |