Effect of methanol extract of Achyranthes aspera linn. On rifampicin-induced hepatotoxicity in rats;Efecto del extracto de metanol de Achyranthes aspera linn. sobre la hepatotoxicidad inducida por rifampicina en ratas

Ars Pharmaceutica

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 343-351

  Bafna, A R ^a   Mishra, S H ^a  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

Author keywords

Achyranthes aspera; Hepatotoxicity; Rifampicin

Indexed keywords

ACHYRANTHES ASPERA EXTRACT; RIFAMPICIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INTOXICATION; LIVER TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 24944461543     PISSN: 00042927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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