Effects of ethanol extract of Azadirachta indica leaves on some immunological and haematological parameters of diabetic Wistar rats

African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 104-108

  Ekaidem, Itemobong S ^a   Atangwho, Item J ^b   Akpan, Henry D ^a   Usoh, Itoro F ^a   Etim, Oboso E ^a   Ebong, Patrick E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Azadirachta indica; Immune cells; Vascular complications

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALLOXAN; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; CD4 ANTIGEN; CHLORPROPAMIDE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; WATER;

ALLOXAN DIABETES MELLITUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MELIACEAE; MICROSCOPY; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RAT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WISTAR RAT;

EID: 77951175061     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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