Studies on some psychopharmacological actions of moringa oleifera lam. (moringaceae) leaf extract

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 402-405

  Pal, Saroj K ^a   Mukherjee, Pulok K ^a   Saha, Kakali ^a   Pal, M ^a   Saha, B P ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Body temperature; General behaviour; MOE; Moringa oleifera; Muscle relaxant activity; Pentobarbitone sleeping time

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748100209     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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