Acute toxicity, brine shrimp cytotoxicity, anthelmintic and relaxant potentials of fruits of Rubus fruticosus Agg

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Ali, Niaz ^a   Aleem, Umer ^a   Ali Shah, Syed Wadood ^b   Shah, Ismail ^b   Junaid, Muhammad ^b   Ahmed, Ghayour ^b   Ali, Waqar ^c   Ghias, Mehreen ^b  

^a KHYBER MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAKAND   (Pakistan)

^c Abasyn University   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic; Antispasmodic; Ascaridia galli; Jejunum; Raillietina spiralis; Rubus fruticosus

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; RUBUS FRUTICOSUS EXTRACT; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; ASCARIDIA GALLI; BLACKBERRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FRUIT; HELMINTH; IN VITRO STUDY; LD 50; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RAILLIETINA SPIRALIS;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ARTEMIA; ASCARIDIA; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CYTOTOXINS; FEMALE; FRUIT; MALE; MICE; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RABBITS; ROSACEAE;

EID: 84879037114     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-138     Document Type: Article

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