Pharmacological and toxicological investigations on Foeniculum vulgare dried fruit extract in experimental animals

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-36

  Tanira, M O M ^a   Shah, A H ^b   Mohsin, A ^b   Ageel, A M ^c   Qureshi, S ^c  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Analgesic; Antimicrobial; Antipyretic; Bile flow; Diuretic; Foeniculum vulgare; Mitotic index

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FOENICULUM VULGARE EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BILE SECRETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIURESIS; FRUIT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MITOSIS INDEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RAT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0030022198     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199602)10:1<33::AID-PTR769>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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