Antiemetic activity of different extracts from the Aerial parts of Thymus transcaspicus Klokov

Pharmacologyonline

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 1284-1292

  Moallem, Seyed Adel ^a   Farahmand Darzab, Akram ^a   Sahebkar, Amirhossein ^a   Iranshahi, Mehrdad ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Copper sulfate induced emesis; Ipecac induced emesis; Medicinal plant; Petroleum ether extract; Young chicken

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; COPPER SULFATE; GRANISETRON; IPECAC; METHANOL; PETROLEUM ETHER; PLANT EXTRACT; THYMUS TRANSCASPICUS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIEMETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG ISOLATION; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; THYMUS TRANSCASPICUS; TOXICITY TESTING; VOMITING;

EID: 66249126518     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18278620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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