Dual role of betel leaf extract on thyroid function in male mice

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 493-496

  Panda, Sunanda ^a   Kar, Anand ^a  

^a DEVI AHILYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Betel leaf; Lipid peroxidation; Mouse; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

BETEL EXTRACT; CATALASE; LIOTHYRONINE; LIPID; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INTRAGASTRIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032408618     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/phrs.1998.0398     Document Type: Article

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