Effects of retama raetam (Forssk.) webb & berthel. (Fabaceae) on the central nervous system in experimental animals

Archives of Biological Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1015-1022

  Al Tubuly, Rida A ^a   Auzi, Abdurazag A ^a   Al Etri Endi, Amna A ^a   Nahar, Lutfun ^b   Sarker, Satyajit D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central nervous system (CNS); Diazepam; Fabaceae; North africa; Retama raetam

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857956261     PISSN: 03544664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/ABS1104015A     Document Type: Article

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