Phytomedicine
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 227-232 , March 2009

Antinociceptive activity of swertiamarin isolated from Enicostemma axillare

  • V. Jaishree

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, J.S.S. College of Pharmacy, Ootacamund – 643 001, Tamil Nadu, India
    • ,
  • S. Badami

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, J.S.S. College of Pharmacy, Ootacamund – 643 001, Tamil Nadu, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Sree Siddaganga College of Pharmacy, B.H. Road, Tumkur-572102, India. Tel.: +918162273331; fax: +918162252792.
    • ,
  • M. Rupesh Kumar

      Affiliations

    • Bharati College of Pharmacy, K.M. Doddi, Mandya, Karnataka, India
    • ,
  • T. Tamizhmani

      Affiliations

    • Bharati College of Pharmacy, K.M. Doddi, Mandya, Karnataka, India

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PII: S0944-7113(08)00174-8

doi: 10.1016/j.phymed.2008.09.010

Phytomedicine
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 227-232 , March 2009

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