Curative dose of Khaya grandifoliola stem bark for the treatment of gastric ulcers using wistar rats

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 152-155

  Njikam, Ruth Njifutie ^a   Njikam, Njifutie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Gastric ulcers; Khaya grandifoliola (Welw) C.D.C. stem bark; LD50; Meliaceae; Therapeutic dose

Indexed keywords

ANTIULCER AGENT; FAMOTIDINE; KHAYA GRANDIFOLIOLA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BARK; BODY WEIGHT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EYE IRRITATION; EYE SWELLING; FECES; LD 50; LOCOMOTION; MELIACEAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE; PLANT STEM; RAT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STOMACH ULCER; STRESS ULCER; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; KHAYA GRANDIFOLIOLA; MELIACEAE; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 33645052986     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200600596336     Document Type: Article

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