Mice as a model for homeopathy research

Homeopathy

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 267-279

  Khuda Bukhsh, Anisur Rahman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

Author keywords

Homeopathy; Mechanism; Mice; Pathways; Potentization; Techniques

Indexed keywords

HOMEOPATHIC AGENT; METAL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTOXICITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOMEOPATHY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC POISONING; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HOMEOPATHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 71649108200     PISSN: 14754916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.homp.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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