Effect of Cannabis sativa extract on gastric acid secretion, oxidative stress and gastric mucosal integrity in rats

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1417-1434

  Abdel Salam, Omar M E ^a   Salama, Rania Abdallah Ali ^a   El Denshary, Ezz Eddin ^b   Sleem, Amany Ameen ^a   El Shamarka, Marawa El Sayed ^a   Hassan, Nabila Salah ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cannabis sativa; Gastric acid; Gastric ulcer; Oxidative stress; Rat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943358734     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: 1618565X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-015-2090-3     Document Type: Article

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