Prevention of Ammonia-induced Gastric Lesions in Rats by Natural Honey

Journal of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 239-246

  Mobarok Ali, A T M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Gastric lesions; Natural honey; NP SHS; Sucralfate

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE; CARBOHYDRATE; ETHER; SUCRALFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; HONEY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH LESION; STOMACH MUCOSA LESION; STOMACH PROTECTION; TIME;

ANIMALIA; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 1642578251     PISSN: 13590847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13590840310001649899     Document Type: Article

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