Berberine protects against murine malaria-induced spleen tissue damage

Biomedical Research (India)

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 333-337

  Dkhil, Mohamed A ^a,b   Alazzouni, Ahmed S ^b   Al Quraishy, Saleh ^a   Al Shamrany, Ahmed ^a   Lubbad, Mahmoud Y ^a,c   Al Shaebi, Esam M ^a   Taib, Noory T ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b HELWAN UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Berberine; Malaria; Mice; Spleen

Indexed keywords

BERBERINE; PLACEBO;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALARIA; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE MODEL; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PROPHYLAXIS; SPLEEN EXAMINATION; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLEEN PROTECTION; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLENOMEGALY;

MURINAE; MUS; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI;

EID: 84924690766     PISSN: 0970938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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