A potentized homeopathic drug, arsenicum album 200, can ameliorate genotoxicity induced by repeated injections of arsenic trioxide in mice

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 370-376

  Banerjee, P ^a   Biswas, S J ^a   Belon, P ^a,b   Khuda Bukhsh, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

^b Boiron   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDOTE; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; ARSENICUM ALBUM 200; ARSENICUM ALBUM-200; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE; OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; DISEASE MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; HOMEOPATHY; MOUSE; RANDOMIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ANTIDOTES; ARSENIC POISONING; ARSENICALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HOMEOPATHY; MICE; OXIDES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 34548135202     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: 14390442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0442.2007.00945.x     Document Type: Article

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