In vivo hair growth activity of herbal formulations

International Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-57

  Semalty, Mona ^a   Semalty, A ^a   Joshi, Geeta P ^a   Rawat, M S M ^a  

^a H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alopecia; Hair growth; Hair loss; Herbal; Minoxidil; Semecarpus; Trigonella

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MINOXIDIL; PETROLEUM ETHER; SEMECARPUS ANACARDIUM EXTRACT; TRIGONELLA CORNICULATA EXTRACT; TRIGONELLA FOENUM GRAECUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FORMULATION; HAIR GROWTH; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; RAT;

EID: 75749093617     PISSN: 18117775     EISSN: 18125700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijp.2010.53.57     Document Type: Article

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