Antihaemorrhagic potentials of Fagonia cretica against Naja naja karachiensis (black Pakistan cobra) venom

Natural Product Research

Volumn 25, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 1902-1907

  Tahir Razi, Muhammad ^a   Asad, Muhammad Hassham Hassan Bin ^a,b   Khan, Taous ^b   Zabta Chaudhary, Muhammad ^a   Tayyab Ansari, Muhammad ^a   Arshad, Muhammad Anwar ^c   Saqib, Qazi Najam Us ^b  

^a BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b COMSATS Institute of Information Technology ^*  (Pakistan)

^c Ministry of Health   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

antihaemorrhagic activity; antiserum; Fagonia cretica; Naja naja karachiensis

Indexed keywords

FAGONIA CRETICA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; EMBRYO; FAGONIA CRETICA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; CHICK EMBRYO; COBRA; COBRA VENOMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEMORRHAGE; PAKISTAN; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; ZYGOPHYLLACEAE;

EID: 84857163102     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2010.490785     Document Type: Article

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