Body and testicular weight changes in adult wistar rats following oral administration of artesunate

Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 302-306

  Izunya, A M ^a   Nwaopara, A O ^a   Aigbiremolen, A ^a   Oaikhena, G A ^a  

^a AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antimalarial; Artesunate; Body weight; Testicular weight; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AD LIBITUM; ANTIMALARIAL; ARTESUNATE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROL GROUPS; DISTILLED WATER; DOUBLE NORMAL; ON-BODY; ORAL ADMINISTRATION; TESTICULAR WEIGHT; TREATMENT GROUP; WEIGHT CHANGE; WISTAR RAT;

ANTHROPOMETRY; EXPERIMENTS; TOXICITY;

RATS;

EID: 79953107567     PISSN: 20407459     EISSN: 20407467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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