Asparagus racemosus - An update

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 408-414

  Goyal, R K ^a   Singh, J ^a   Lal, Harbans ^a  

^a POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS EXTRACT; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASPARAGUS; DYSPEPSIA; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TOXICITY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STOMACH ULCER;

ASPARAGUS PLANT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 10844287966     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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