Management of Giardiasis by a herbal drug 'Pippali Rasayana': A clinical study

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 233-236

  Agrawal, A K ^a   Tripathi, D M ^a   Sahai, R ^a   Gupta, N ^a   Saxena, R P ^a   Puri, A ^a   Singh, M ^b   Misra, R N ^b   Dubey, C B ^b   Saxena, K C ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b State Ayurvedic College and Hospital Lucknow   (India)

Author keywords

Ayurvedic herbal drug; Butea monosperma; Giardiasis therapy; Pipet longum; Pippali rasayana

Indexed keywords

AYURVEDIC DRUG; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FECES ANALYSIS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; MUCUS SECRETION; OCCULT BLOOD; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PUS;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FECES; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; INDIA; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 0030965817     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(97)00037-8     Document Type: Article

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