Response of Trypanosoma brucei brucei-induced anaemia to a commercial herbal preparation

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 343-351

  Erah, Patrick O ^a   Asonye, Canice C ^a   Okhamafe, Augustine O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Haemoglobin; Herbal preparation; PCV; Rabbits

Indexed keywords

ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; JUBI FORMULA (HTTP://WWW.FAO.ORG/WAICENT/FAOINFO/AGRICULT/AGA/AGAP/FRG/FEEDBACK/WAR/U6600B/ U6600B0A.HTM).;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HARUNGANA MADAGASCARIENSIS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HERBAL MEDICINE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PARQUETINA NIGRESCENS; RABBIT; SORGHUM BICOLOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALIA; HARUNGANA MADAGASCARIENSIS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PARQUETINA NIGRESCENS; SORGHUM BICOLOR; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 3042689541     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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