An Evaluation of antihyperglycemic and antinociceptive effects of crude methanol extract of Coccinia grandis (L.) J. Voigt. (Cucurbitaceae) leaves in Swiss albino mice

Advances in Natural and Applied Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-5

  Sutradhar, Biplob Kumar ^a   Islam, Md Jahidul ^a   Shoyeb, Md Abu ^a   Khaleque, Himel Nahreen ^a   Sintaha, Mariz ^a   Noor, Farzana Akther ^a   Newaz, Walid ^a   Rahmatullah, Mohammed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Antihyperglycemic; Antinociceptive; Coccinia grandis; Mice

Indexed keywords

CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS; COCCINIA GRANDIS; CUCURBITACEAE; HEDERA; MUS;

EID: 79960736181     PISSN: 19950772     EISSN: 19981090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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