Psidium guajava leaf extract: Effects on rat serum homeostasis and tissue morphology

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 401-407

  Adeyemi, Oluyomi Stephen ^a   Akanji, Musbau A ^b  

^a REDEEMER S UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Psidium guajava; Serum homeostasis; Tissue histopathology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864480634     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: 1618565X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-010-1106-2     Document Type: Article

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