Inhibition of the haemolytic activities of snake and scorpion venoms in vitro with plant extracts

Biomedical Letters

Volumn 53, Issue 212, 1996, Pages 211-215

  Sallal, Abdul Karim J ^a   Alkofahi, Ahmad ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Haemolysis; Plant extracts; Snake venom

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030353999     PISSN: 0961088X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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