title: Screening in mice of some medicinal plants used for analgesic purposes in the state of São Paulo. Part II.
abstract: Seventeen medicinal plants used popularly in Brazil for their reputed analgesic properties were tested in mice by the writhing and tail flick methods. All extractions were made in 50% aqueous ethanol at low temperatures. The oral dose administered was always 1 g extract/kg. Significant effects in both tests were produced by Lippia alba, Piper abutiloides, Piper cincinnatoris, Piper lindbergii and Tillandsia usneoides.
authors.affiliation: Depto. de Farmacologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Di Stasi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kirizawa
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Mendaçolli
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Trolin
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D005260:Female; D051379:Mice; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010636:Phenols / Q000032:analysis; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000032:analysis*; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D010636:Phenols; D010936:Plant Extracts