JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY, cilt.122, sa.2, ss.210-215, 2009 (SCI-Expanded)
Ethnopharmacological relevance: Several Centaurea species are used to alleviate pain and inflammatory symptoms in rheumatoid arthritis, high fever, and head ache in Turkish folk medicine. Aim of the study: The effectiveness of extracts. fractions and subfractions from dried Centaurea solstitialis L subsp. solstitialis (CSS) (Asteraceae) roots and aerial parts were studied on mice.