Heteromorpha trifoliata (Dombwe) accelerates acetic acid-induced peptic ulcers: A preliminary study in the rat

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 35-40

  Osim, E E ^a   Maredza, T ^a   Prasada Rao, P V V ^a   Nhandara, B ^a   Adeyanju, B ^a   Duri, Z J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; HETEROMORPHA TRIFOLIATA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PEPTIC ULCER; RAT; STOMACH ACID SECRETION; STOMACH WALL; WEIGHT GAIN; WOUND HEALING; ZIMBABWE;

ACETIC ACIDS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GASTRIC ACID; PEPTIC ULCER; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0033064909     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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