Acute and chronic toxicity studies of the water extract from dried fruits of Terminalia chebula Rezt. in rats

International Journal of Applied Research in Natural Products

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 36-43

  Panunto, W ^a   Jaijoy, K ^b   Lerdvuthisopon, N ^a   Lertprasertsuke, N ^b   Jiruntanat, N ^b   Soonthornchareonnon, N ^c   Sireeratawong, S ^a  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Chronic toxicity; Terminalia chebula Retz.

Indexed keywords

RATTUS; TERMINALIA CHEBULA;

EID: 80051582585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19406223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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