Evaluation of the effect of lime fruit juice on the anticoagulant effect of warfarin

Journal of Young Pharmacists

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 269-272

  Adepoju, G K A ^a   Adeyemi, T ^a  

^a OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anticoagulant; complementary and alternative medicines; interaction; lime fruit; therapeutic effectiveness; traditional medicine; warfarin

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOOD DRUG INTERACTION; FRUIT; FRUIT JUICE; HEMOSTASIS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LIME (FRUIT); MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

EID: 77955909190     PISSN: 09751483     EISSN: 09751505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.66808     Document Type: Article

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