In vitro and In vivo Anthelmintic activity of Terminalia arjuna bark

International Journal of Agriculture and Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 273-278

  Bachaya, Hafiz Allah ^a   Iqbal, Zafar ^a   Khan, Muhammad Nisar ^a   Jabbar, Abdul ^a   Gilani, Anwarul Hassan ^b   Islam Ud Din, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic; Bark; Sheep; Terminalia arjuna

Indexed keywords

HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; OVIS ARIES; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA ARJUNA;

EID: 67649213749     PISSN: 15608530     EISSN: 18149596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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