Anti-inflammatory activity of aqueous extracts of five Costa Rican medicinal plants in Sprague-Dawley rats

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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Main Authors:	Beatriz Badilla, Gerardo Mora, Luis Jorge Poveda
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Vicerractoría Investigación 1999-12-01
Series:	Revista de Biología Tropical
Subjects:	Medicinal plants anti-inflammmatory agent edema Urticaceae Asteraceae Loasaceae
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77441999000400009

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