Acute Toxicity Investigation and Anti-diarrhoeal Effect of the Chloroform-Methanol Extract of the Leaves of Persea americana.

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Published in Iran J Pharm Res on January 01, 2014

Authors

Odo Christian E1, Nwodo Okwesili Fc1, Joshua Parker E1, Ugwu Okechukwu Pc1

Author Affiliations

1: Pharmacology Research Unit, Department of Biochemistry, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria.

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