Safety profile in pregnant rats of a natural antidiabetic agent extracted from Mormodica charantia

Medical Science Research

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 663-665

  Fernandopulle, B M R ^a,b   Ratnasooriya, W D ^c  

^a Departments of Microbiology   (United States)

^b Department of Pharmacology ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Fetal growth; Mormodica charantia; Oestrous; Post implantation loss; Pregnancy; Sri lanka; Vaginal bleeding

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006290258     PISSN: 02698951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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