Antipyretic, antidiarrhoeal, hypoglycaemic and hepatoprotective activities of ethyl acetate extract of Acacia catechu Willd. in albino rats

Indian Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 408-413

  Ray, D ^a   Sharatchandra, Kh ^b   Thokchom, I S ^c  

^a Agartala Government Medical College   (India)

^b REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c SIKKIM MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Antidiabetic; Cutch; Liver; Pyrexia

Indexed keywords

ACACIA CATECHU EXTRACT; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALLOXAN; ATROPINE; CASTOR OIL; DIPHENOXYLATE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; SILYMARIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACACIA CATECHU; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DRUG ACTIVITY; FECES; FEMALE; FEVER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PROPHYLAXIS; RAT; YEAST;

EID: 33845263651     PISSN: 02537613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.28207     Document Type: Article

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