Antihyperglycemic activity and brine shrimp lethality studies on methanol extract of Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. leaves and roots

Advances in Natural and Applied Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 311-316

  Anwar, Md Mazharul ^a   Kalpana, Marjina Akhter ^a   Bhadra, Bithika ^a   Rahman, Shahnaz ^a   Sarker, Sanjoy ^a   Chowdhury, Majeedul H ^b   Rahmatullah, Mohammed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE   (Bangladesh)

^b NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antihyperglycemic; Brine shrimp; Cajanus cajan; Cytotoxicity

Indexed keywords

ARTEMIA; CAJANUS CAJAN; FABACEAE; MUS;

EID: 79960464124     PISSN: 19950772     EISSN: 19981090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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