Changes in thyroid hormone concentrations after administration of ashwagandha root extract to adult male mice

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1065-1068

  Panda, Sunanda ^a   Kar, Anand ^a  

^a DEVI AHILYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASHWAGANDHA EXTRACT; CATALASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATASE; LIOTHYRONINE; LIPID; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE; THYROXINE DEIODINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INTRAGASTRIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; STOMACH INTUBATION; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031665691     PISSN: 00223573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-7158.1998.tb06923.x     Document Type: Article

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