Espósito Avella M, Gupta M P, Calderón A, Zamora V O, Buitrago de Tello R
Departamento de Farmacología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Panamá.
Rev Med Panama. 1993 Sep;18(3):211-6.
The authors experimentally demonstrated that an aqueous fraction of Drymonia serrulata (Jacq.) Mart. has peripheral, but not central, analgesic activity, and that it also has a dose-dependent anti-inflammatory activity at 24 and 96 hours. The experimental results indicate that the etnomedical use of this plant by the Guaymi Indians may have some scientific validity