Radioprotective efficacy of Aloe vera leaf extract

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 227-232

  Pande, Shailja ^a   Kumar, Madhu ^a   Kumar, Ashok ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Aloe vera; Radioprotection; Testis

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; GERM CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; SURVIVAL TIME; TESTIS;

ALOE VERA; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032427978     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/phbi.36.3.227.6347     Document Type: Article

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