Preliminary study on the antisnake venom activity of alcoholic root extract of Clerodendrum viscosum (Vent.) in Naja naja Venom

Natural Product Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 153-156

  Lobo, Richard ^a   Punitha, I S R ^a   Rajendran, K ^a   Shirwaikar, Arun ^a   Shirwaikar, Annie ^a  

^a MANIPAL COLLEGE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Alcoholic extract; Clerodendrum viscosum; Naja naja; Snake venom; Verbenaceae

Indexed keywords

CLEDRODENDRUM VISCOSUM EXTRACT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PLANT EXTRACT; SNAKE VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CLERODENDRUM; CLERODENDRUM VISCOSUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; VERBENACEAE;

EID: 33750206726     PISSN: 12263907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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