Antistress activity of Trigonella foenum-graecum (Linn.) seeds using swimming endurance and cold stress in rodents

Indian Drugs

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 56-61

  Pawar, V S ^a   Shivakumar, H ^a  

^a BLDE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antistress; Cold restraint; Swimming endurance; Trigonella foenum graecum

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; METHANOL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TRIGONELLA FOENUM GRAECUM EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COLD STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; FENUGREEK; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PLANT SEED; RAT; STRESS; SWIMMING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 79959413744     PISSN: 0019462X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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