Some pharmacologic and toxicologic studies on Rhazya stricta Decne in rats, mice and rabbits

General Pharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1261-1267

  Tanira, M O M ^a   Ali, B H ^b   Bashir, A K ^b   Chandranath, I ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

diabetes; medicinal plant; Rhazya stricta; toxicity

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; BUTANOL; CHLOROFORM; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; MORPHINE; NEOSTIGMINE; PHENYLBUTAZONE; PLANT EXTRACT; RHAZYA STRICTA EXTRACT; STREPTOZOCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSOR RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HEART RATE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PAW EDEMA; PHARMACOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TOXICOLOGY; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

RHAZYA STRICTA;

EID: 0030272922     PISSN: 03063623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-3623(95)02108-6     Document Type: Article

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