Yoyo Bitters, a polyherbal formulation infl uenced some biochemical parameters in Wistar rats

Journal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 135-138

  Adeyemi, Oluyomi Stephen ^a   Fambegbe, Moyinoluwa ^a   Daniyan, Oluwasegun Richard ^a   Nwajei, Irene ^b  

^a REDEEMER S UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b BELLS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Dosage; Glutathione; Herbal remedies; Malondialdehyde; Safety toxicity; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MALONALDEHYDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YOYO BITTERS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; KIDNEY HOMOGENATE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER HOMOGENATE; NONHUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAT;

ALGERIA; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; KIDNEY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 84877997969     PISSN: 07926855     EISSN: 21910286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jbcpp-2012-0026     Document Type: Article

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