Acute and subacute toxicity studies on the polyherbal antidiabetic formulation Diakyur in experimental animal models

Journal of Health Science

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 245-249

  Joshi, Chandra Shekhar ^a   Priya, Ekambaram Sanmuga ^a   Venkataraman, Subramanian ^b  

^a Amrutanjan Limited   (India)

^b CL Baid Mehta Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education and Research   (India)

Author keywords

Acute and subacute toxicity; Diakyur; Polyherbal formulation

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; DIAKYUR; HERBACEOUS AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASIA AURICULATA; CASSIA JAVANICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SYZYGIUM JAMBOLANUM; TERMINALIA ARJUNA; VELVET BEAN; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ANIMALIA; CASSIA AURICULATA; CASSIA JAVANICA; GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE; MUCUNA PRURIENS; SALACIA RETICULATA; SYZYGIUM CUMINI; TERMINALIA ARJUNA;

EID: 34047181066     PISSN: 13449702     EISSN: 13475207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/jhs.53.245     Document Type: Article

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