The histological effects of mixed diet containing Pausinystalia yohimbe ground stem bark on the kidney of adult Wistar rats (Rattus norvegicus)

Biology and Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-36

  Eweka, A O ^a   Om'Iniabohs, F A E ^a   Momodu, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cellular necrosis; Cyto architecture; Pausinystalia yohimbe; Renal corpuscle; Vacuolations; Wistar rats

Indexed keywords

PAUSINYSTALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 80052810385     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09748369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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