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Original Article

Ameliorative effect of methanol extract of Rumex vesicarius on CCl4-induced liver damage in Wistar albino rats

Majid Ahmad GanaieDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Salman Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and
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Tajdar Husain KhanDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Salman Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and
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Nasir Ali SiddiquiDepartment of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohd Nazam AnsariDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Salman Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 1163-1167 | Received 13 Apr 2014, Accepted 04 Sep 2014, Published online: 23 Feb 2015

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