Antistress and immunomodulatory activity of aqueous extract of momordica charantia

Pharmacognosy Magazine

Volumn 5, Issue 19 SUPPL., 2009, Pages 69-73

  Meera, Sumanth ^a   Nagarjuna, Chowdary G ^a  

^a Visveswarapura Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

Anti stress; Cold immobilization; Immunomodulatory; Momordica charantia; Neutrophil adhesion; Swim endurance

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; LEVAMISOLE; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA EXTRACT; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT;

ADRENAL GLAND; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; MALE; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPLEEN WEIGHT; STOMACH ULCER; SWIMMING;

EID: 74249096640     PISSN: 09731296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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