Clinical and haematological studies on Cheilanthes farinosa and Onychium contiguum, and their combined effects in laboratory rats

Indian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-14

  Raja Sekaran, D ^a,b   Somvanshi, R ^a   Dawra, R K ^a  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Inst of Vet Preventive Medicine   (India)

Author keywords

Animal health; Cheilanthes farinosa; Clinicopathology; Fern; Haematuria; Onychium contiguum; Rats; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT; PTAQUILOSIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHT; CARCINOGENICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; ERYTHROCYTE; FEEDING; FERN; LABORATORY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; URINALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; CHEILANTHES; FILICOPHYTA; ONYCHIUM; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 4644241064     PISSN: 03678318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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