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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Volume 2012, Article ID 141947, 5 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/141947
Research Article

Inhibitory Effect of Helicteres gardneriana Ethanol Extract on Acute Inflammation

Juliana Oliveira de Melo,1 Laura Lícia Milani de Arruda,1 Silmara Baroni,1 Maria da Conceição Torrado Truiti,2 Silvana Martins Caparroz-Assef,1 Roberto Kenji Nakamura Cuman,1 and Ciomar Aparecida Bersani-Amado1

1Laboratory of Inflammation, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, State University of Maringá, Maringá, PR, Brazil
2Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Technology, Department of Pharmacy, State University of Maringá, Maringá, PR, Brazil

Received 16 June 2011; Revised 6 August 2011; Accepted 16 August 2011

Academic Editor: Ulysses Paulino De Albuquerque

Copyright © 2012 Juliana Oliveira de Melo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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