Quality standards of Safoof-E-Muhazzil, an anti-obesity unani formulation

International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2013, Pages 513-518

  Naquvi, Kamran Javed ^a   Ansari, S H ^a   Najmi, Abul Kalam ^a  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Safoof e Muhazzil; Standardization; Unani system of medicine; WHO guidelines

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; ANTIOBESITY AGENT; CELERY EXTRACT; HEAVY METAL; NARDOSTACHYS JATAMANSI EXTRACT; OREGANO EXTRACT; PESTICIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; RESIN; ROSA DAMASCENA EXTRACT; SAFOOF MOHAZZIL EXTRACT; TACHYSPERMUM AMMI EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ASH; FAT CONTENT; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOGEN LOAD; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; STANDARDIZATION; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 84878443016     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09751491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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