Inhibition of triiodothyronine production by fenugreek seed extract in mice and rats

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 405-409

  Panda, Sunanda ^a   Tahiliani, Pankaj ^a   Kar, Anand ^a  

^a DEVI AHILYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Fenugreek; Lipid peroxidation; Mice; Rat; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; ENZYME; LIOTHYRONINE; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORMONE INHIBITION; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0033230593     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/phrs.1999.0510     Document Type: Article

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