Safety assessment of herbal formulations, rumbion™ and tyrel™ in Albino Wistar rats

American Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-47

  Joshua, A J ^a   Goudar, K S ^a   Sameera, N ^a   Kumar, G Pavan ^a   Murali, B ^a   Dinakar, N ^a   Amit, A ^a  

^a Natural Remedies Pvt Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

Acute oral toxicity; Herbal formulations; Rats; Rumbion ; Tyrel

Indexed keywords

RUMBION; TYREL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VETERINARY DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TESTING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 77949907773     PISSN: 15574962     EISSN: 15574970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajptsp.2010.42.47     Document Type: Article

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