Effect of subacute exposure of Wrightia tinctoria bark extract on hematological, biochemical and antioxidant enzyme parameters of rat

Pharmacognosy Magazine

Volumn 5, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 372-380

  Papiya, Bigoniya ^a   Rana, A C ^b  

^a Radharaman Group of Institutes   (India)

^b BN College of Pharmacy   (India)

Author keywords

Biochemical parameters; Ethanolic extract; Serum marker; Sub acute; Triterpene; Wrightia tinctoria bark

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; FREE RADICAL; PEROXIDASE; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WRIGHTIA TINCTORIA BARK EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOCYNACEAE; ARTICLE; BARK; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HEMATOPOIESIS; HISTOLOGY; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; WRIGHTIA TINCTORIA;

EID: 74049116613     PISSN: 09731296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.58569     Document Type: Article

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