Antiasthmatic activity of Ricinus communis L. roots

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 1, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Taur, Dnyaneshwar J ^a   Patil, Ravindra Y ^b  

^a SVPMS College of Pharmacy   (India)

^b PDEA's Shankarrao Ursal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research Center   (India)

Author keywords

Asthma; Eosinophilia; Mast cell; Ricinus communis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; DEXAMETHASONE; FLAVONOID; PLANT GLYCOSIDE; RICINUS COMMUNIS EXTRACT; SAPONIN; STEROID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; MILK; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE SKIN ANAPHYLAXIS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING;

EUPHORBIACEAE; MUS; RATTUS; RICINUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 84856497152     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(11)60113-5     Document Type: Article

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