The antioxidant effect of Morus alba leaves extract on kidney, testes, spleen and intestine of mice

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 393-397

  Dkhil, Mohamed A ^a,b   Bauomy, Amira A ^b,c   Diab, Marwa S M ^d   Al Quraishy, Saleh ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Helwan University   (Egypt)

^c QASSIM UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR DRUG CONTROL AND RESEARCH NODCAR   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Jejunum; Kidney; Mice; Morus alba leaves; Spleen; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; DICOTYLEDON; FREE RADICAL; LEAF; PLANT EXTRACT; RODENT; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

MORUS ALBA; MUS;

EID: 84927548890     PISSN: 00309923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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