Testing beyond ethnomedical claims: Brine shrimp lethality of some Tanzanian plants

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 547-551

  Moshi, Mainen J ^a   Cosam, Joseph C ^b   Mbwambo, Zakaria H ^a   Kapingu, Modest ^a   Nkunya, Mayunga H H ^b  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Brine shrimp lethality; Cytotoxic activity; Testing beyond ethnomedical claims

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; CROTON; CYTOTOXICITY; DALBERGIA; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; TANZANIA; TOXICITY TESTING; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANOSTRACA; ARTEMIA; CROTON; DALBERGIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MARKHAMIA; XIMENIA;

EID: 11844303492     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200490897920     Document Type: Article

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