Acute toxicity of Cleistanthus collinus: An indigenous poisonous plant in Cavia procellus

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 145-148

  Sarathchandra, G ^a   Balakrishnamurthy, P ^b  

^a Central University Laboratory   (India)

^b Fredrick Institute of Plant Protection and Toxicology India   (India)

Author keywords

Cavia procellus; Cleistanthus collinus; Glutathione ATPase

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GLUTATHIONE; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT TOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GUINEA PIG; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT LEAF;

EID: 0031940578     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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