Toad (Bufo melanostictus, Schneider) skin extract induced haematological and biochemical changes in rodents

Indian Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 68-72

  Das, Manika ^b   Dasgupta, Subir Chandra ^a   Gomes, Antony ^b  

^a MAULANA AZAD COLLEGE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Biochemical profile; Bufo melanostictus; Haematological profile; Skin extract

Indexed keywords

TOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TOAD; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0031752181     PISSN: 02537613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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