Prevention of radiation induced hematological alterations by medicinal plant Rosmarinus officinalis, in mice

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 165-172

  Sancheti, Garima ^a   Goyal, P K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Gamma radiation; Glutathione; Hematology; Lipid peroxidation; Rosmarinus officinalis; Swiss albino mice

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; HEMOGLOBIN; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; GAMMA RADIATION; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION;

EID: 33947218356     PISSN: 01896016     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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