Ethnobotanical, phytochemical and toxicological studies of Ghagra shak (Xanthium strumarium L.) growing in Bangladesh
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Ethnobotanical, phytochemical and toxicological studies of Xanthium strumarium L.
The present study describes the ethnobotanical, phytochemical, and toxicological evaluations of Xanthium strumarium L. growing in Bangladesh. In toxicity evaluation on rats, the methanol extract of seedlings showed mortality, while both seedling and mature plant extracts raised the serum alanine transaminase and aspartate transaminase values and produced significant abnormalities in the histopa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Bangladesh Medical Research Council Bulletin
سال: 2010
ISSN: 2224-7238,0377-9238
DOI: 10.3329/bmrcb.v35i3.3658