Effects of Pfaffia glomerata (Spreng) pedersen aqueous extract on healing acetic acid-induced ulcers

The present study was carried out to evaluate the acute toxicity and the effect of the aqueous extract of the roots from Pfaffia glomerata (Spreng) Pedersen (Amaranthaceae) (AEP) on the prevention of acetic acid-induced ulcer and on the healing process of previously induced ulcers. The acute toxicit...

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Main Authors: Cristina Setim Freitas, Cristiane Hatsuko Baggio, Samanta Luiza Araújo, Maria Consuelo Andrade Marques
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2008-08-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132008000400005