Antistress activity of Boerhaavia diffusa root extract and a polyherbal formulation containing Boerhaavia diffusa using cold restraint stress model

International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 130-132

  Desai, Sandhya K ^a   Desai, Soniya M ^a   Navdeep, S ^a   Arya, P ^a   Pooja, T ^a  

^a PRIN K M KUNDNANI COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

Author keywords

Cold restraint stress; Hebd; Punarnava mandur

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BOERHAAVIA DIFFUSA EXTRACT; CHOLESTEROL; DIAZEPAM; GLUCOSE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PUNARNAVA MANDUR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BOERHAAVIA DIFFUSA; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COLD RESTRAINT STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FORMULATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 79251535591     PISSN: 09751491     EISSN: 09751491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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