Psychoimmunomodulatory effects of Onosma bracteatum wall. (Gaozaban) on stress model in sprague dawley rats

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 6, Issue 7 SUPPL., 2012, Pages 1356-1360

  Badruddeen, ^a   Fareed, Sheeba ^a   Siddiqui, Hefazat H ^a   Haque, Syed E ^b   Khalid, Mohammad ^a   Akhtar, Juber ^a  

^a INTEGRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Agglutination; Dementia; Immunity and cytokines; Onosma bracteatum

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; GLUCOSE; ONOSMA BRACTEATUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACTION; FOOT PAD; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; KIDNEY SIZE; LATENT PERIOD; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER WEIGHT; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE TEST; PAW EDEMA; RAT; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLEEN WEIGHT; STRESS; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 84889567732     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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