Studies on antivenom activity of Andrographis paniculata and Aristolochia indica plant extracts against Echis carinatus venom

Internet Journal of Toxicology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Meenatchisundaram, Subramani ^a   Prajish, ^a   Parameswari, Govindarajan ^b   Subbraj, Thangappan ^b   Michael, Antonysamy ^b  

^a RVS College of Arts and Science   (India)

^b PSG COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA EXTRACT; ARISTOLOCHIA INDICA EXTRACT; PHOSPHOLIPASE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROCOAGULANT; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIPER VENOM;

ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARISTOLOCHIA INDICA; ARISTOLOCHIACEAE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MECHANISM; ECHIS CARINATUS; EDEMA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LD 50; LETHALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE;

ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA; ARISTOLOCHIA INDICA; ECHIS CARINATUS;

EID: 77953457117     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15593916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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