Anthelmintic activity of aerial parts of Costus speciosus

International Journal of Green Pharmacy

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 325-328

  Srivastava, Shruti ^a   Singh, Pradeep ^a   Jha, K K ^a   Mishra, Garima ^a   Srivastava, Sourabh ^a   Khosa, R L ^b  

^a TEERTHANKER MAHAVEER UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BHARAT INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Albendazole; anthelmintic activity; Costus speciosus; Pheretima posthuma

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; COSTUS SPECIOSUS EXRACT; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; COSTUS; COSTUS SPECIOSUS; DRUG ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; RHIZOME; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WORM;

EID: 84859591497     PISSN: 09738258     EISSN: 19984103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-8258.94356     Document Type: Article

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