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Evaluation of antinociceptive effect of methanolic leaf and root extracts of Clitoria ternatea Linn. in rats

Kamilla L 1 , Ramanathan S 1 , Sasidharan S 2 , Mansor SM 1

Affiliations 

  • 1 Center for Drug Research, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
  • 2 Institute for Research in Molecular Medicine, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
Indian J Pharmacol, 2014 Sep-Oct;46(5):515-20.
PMID: 25298581 DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.140583

Abstract

Clitoria ternatea Linn. (C. ternatea) is an Ayurvedic herb traditionally used as medicine to relieve inflammatory, rheumatism, ear diseases, fever, arthritis, eye ailments, sore throat and body ache. This study aims to evaluate and elucidate the possible mechanism underlying the antinociceptive action of methanolic extracts of C. ternatea leaf and root using several antinociception models.

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