Phytochemical screening and hepatoprotective effect of alhagi maurorum boiss (leguminosae) against paracetamol-induced hepatotoxicity in Rabbits

Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1029-1034

  Rehman, Jalil Ur ^a   Akhtar, Naveed ^b   Khan, Muhammad YounuS ^b   Ahmad, Khalil ^a   Ahmad, Mukhtiar ^a   Sultana, Sabira ^a   Asif, Hafiz Muhammad ^b  

^a THE ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY OF BAHAWALPUR   (Pakistan)

^b University of Poonch Rawalakot   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Alhagi maurorum; Hepatoprotective; Histopathology; Paracetamol; Silymarin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934269513     PISSN: 15965996     EISSN: 15969827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/tjpr.v14i6.13     Document Type: Article

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