Piscicidal and anti-acetylcholinesterase activity of Euphorbia royleana stem bark extracts against freshwater common predatory fish Channa punctatus

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-53

  Tiwari, Sudhanshu ^a   Singh, Ajay ^a  

^a D D U GORAKHPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anti acetylcholinesterase enzyme activity; Channa punctatus; Euphorbia royleana; Piscicidal activity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; EUPHORBIA ROYLEANA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUPHORBIA ROYLEANA; EXTRACTION; FISH; LC 50; LIVER; MEDICINAL PLANT; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PISCICULTURE; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHANNA; CHANNA PUNCTATUS; CYPRINUS CARPIO; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHORBIA;

EID: 3843125320     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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